Nietzsche on Morality

Leiter, Brian

ISBN 10: 0415856809 / ISBN 13: 9780415856805

Published by Routledge, 2014

About this Item

Rev. ed. of: Routledge philosophy guidebook to Nietzsche on morality. 2002. Num Pages: 302 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCD; HPQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 157 x 236 x 17. Weight in Grams: 464. . 2014. 2nd Edition. paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Nietzsche on Morality
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415856809
• ISBN 13: 9780415856805
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: New

About this title

Synopsis

Both an introduction to Nietzsche’s moral philosophy, and a sustained commentary on his most famous work, On the Genealogy of Morality, this book has become the most widely used and debated secondary source on these topics over the past dozen years. Many of Nietzsche’s most famous ideas - the "slave revolt" in morals, the attack on free will, perspectivism, "will to power" and the "ascetic ideal" - are clearly analyzed and explained. The first edition established the centrality of naturalism to Nietzsche’s philosophy, generating a substantial scholarly literature to which Leiter responds in an important new Postscript. In addition, Leiter has revised and refreshed the book throughout, taking into account new scholarly literature, and revising or clarifying his treatment of such topics as the objectivity of value, epiphenomenalism and consciousness, and the possibility of "autonomous" agency.

About the Author

Brian Leiter is the Karl N. Llewellyn Professor of Jurisprudence and Director of the Center for Law, Philosophy & Human Values at the University of Chicago, USA, where he teaches and writes about moral, political, and legal philosophy in both the Anglophone and Continental European traditions.