Nietzsche's Ethics

Discusses Nietzsche's ethical theory and goals in writing a history of Christian morality, and takes a broader look at Nietzsche's wider philosophy.

Thomas Stern (Author)

9781108713320, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 2 January 2020

75 pages
15 x 23 x 0.5 cm, 0.12 kg

This Element explains Nietzsche's ethics in his late works, from 1886 onwards. The first three sections explain the basics of his ethical theory – its context and presuppositions, its scope and its central tension. The next three sections explore Nietzsche's goals in writing a history of Christian morality (On the Genealogy of Morality), the content of that history, and whether he achieves his goals. The last two sections take a broader look, respectively, at Nietzsche's wider philosophy in light of his ethics and at the prospects for a Nietzschean ethics after Nietzsche.

Introduction
1. Nietzsche's ethics in outline
2. Christian morality
3. The square circle: Nietzsche's two conflicting strategies
4. Morality, history and genealogy
5. Nietzsche's history: the plot
6. Does the history achieve its goals?
7. Nietzsche beyond Nietzsche's ethics
Conclusion. The future of Nietzschean ethics?
Bibliography
Acknowledgements.

Subject Areas: Ethics & moral philosophy [HPQ], Western philosophy: c 1600 to c 1900 [HPCD]