Nietzsche, Naturalism, and Normativity comprises ten original essays which critically engage with one of the western canon's most controversial ethical thinkers. Bringing together an internationally renowned line-up of Nietzsche specialists and mainstream moral philosophers, the volume provides a ti
Nietzsche, naturalism, and normativity
β Scribed by Janaway, Christopher; Robertson, Simon
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Year
- 2012
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 273
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Synopsis
This volume comprises 10 essays on Nietzsche, one of the western canon's most controversial ethical thinkers. A team of experts clarify Nietzsche's own views, both critical and positive ethical and meta-ethical, and connect his philosophical concerns to contemporary debates in and about ethics, normativity, and value.
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β¦ Table of Contents
Content: Preface
1. Introduction: Nietzsche on Naturalism and Normativity
2. Nietzsche's Normative Theory?-The Art and Skill of Living Well
3. Aestheticist Ethics
4. The Scope Problem-Nietzsche, the Moral, Ethical, and Quasi-Aesthetic
5. Nietzsche and Non-Cognitivism
6. Nietzsche and Moral Fictionalism
7. Compassion and Selflessness
8. Nietzsche on Morality, Drives, and Human Greatness
9. What is a Nietzschean Self?
10. Nietzsche's Naturalism and Normativity
β¦ Subjects
Nietzsche Friedrich Wilhelm 1844 1900 Ethics Normativity Naturalism PHILOSOPHY Essays Reference
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