to make a virtue of necessity

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To make the best of a difficult situation; to recast or portray an action or situation in which one has no alternatives as an action or situation which was deliberately chosen on its merits

Nietzsche, as I gather, regarded the slave-morality as having been invented and imposed on the world by slaves making a virtue of necessity and a religion of their servitude.

make a duty into something attractive, make responsibility appear desirable
to make a virtue of necessity

    Hyphenation

    to make a vir·tue of ne·ces·si·ty

    Turkish pronunciation

    tı meyk ı vırçu ıv nısesıti

    Pronunciation

    /tə ˈmāk ə ˈvərʧo͞o əv nəˈsesətē/ /tə ˈmeɪk ə ˈvɜrʧuː əv nəˈsɛsətiː/
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