This passage is from Friedrich Nietzsche, specifically from his work "On the Genealogy of Morality." Nietzsche critiques what he sees as the "herd morality" of modern society, where concepts of punishment are increasingly questioned, and society becomes overly sympathetic to criminals. He argues that this tendency reflects a weakening of traditional values and strength.

 

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 Is it less true in that case?  

 Well - the spirit of what I asked was not to do a “search on chatgpt” but to see who was familiar with this take / work.