Unlike many who accept the value of morality, Nietzsche believes a critique of moral values is necessary

Contrary to many who accept that morality has a great significance, Nietzsche writes, "the value of these values themselves must first be called into question" (20). In order to learn the true value, he believed it was necessary to possess "a knowledge of the conditions and circumstances in which they grew, under which they evolved and changed". Most interestingly he points out, if one has taken these values as given, "one has never doubted or hesitated in the slightest degree in supposing "the good man" to be of greater value than "the evil man". This question is something I have never dared to ponder. Personally I believe that the "good" man is of greater value than the "bad". While this view may be only an assumption, I am not a philosopher, and therefore I don't expect myself to contemplate the forms as the mundane fully preoccupies me.