Nietzsche and the Origin of Virtue

ISBN-13: 9780415095808 / Angielski / Miękka / 1993 / 224 str.

Lester H. Hunt

Opis

In Ecce Homo (1908), Friedrich Nietzsche calls himself the first immoralist and adds that makes me the annihilator par excellence. Lester Hunt examines this and other radical claims in order to show that Nietzsche does have a coherent and formidable ethical and political philosophy. Unlike most other scholars in the field, he approaches Nietzsche not merely to discover what he stood for, but to discern whether his ideas are ones we should accept and use. What emerges at the core of Nietzsche's work is a powerful and original ethics of virtue based entirely on his conception of good character. Hunt examines the problems implicit in Nietzsche's own position, and explores in detail areas such as his views on human rights, his anti-political stance, and his novel use of the idea of experimentation as an ethical ideal. He uses Nietzsche's writings as a starting point for a critique of a wider, contemporary ethical project - one that should inform our lives as well as our thoughts.

Recenzje

`Hunt's interpretation is ... not only a new interpretation of Nietzsche, but also a representation of a significant position in ethical and political philosophy' - Richard Schacht, University of Illinois

Spis treści

Editor’s foreword, Preface and acknowledgements, Note on translations, citations, and abbreviations, 1 INTRODUCTION: READING NIETZSCHE, 2 IMMORALISM, 3 POLITICS AND ANTI-POLITICS, 4 CHAOS AND ORDER, 5 VIRTUE, 6 JUSTICE AND THE GIFT-GIVING VIRTUE, 7 WHICH TRAITS ARE VIRTUES?, 8 IMMORALISM AGAIN, 9 CONCLUSION: VIRTUE AND SOCIETY, Notes, Index

O autorze

Lester H. Hunt