Nietzsche and contemporary ethics /
Nietzsche is one of the most subversive thinkers of the western philosophical canon. Yet until recently, his ethics has been sidelined within Anglophone moral philosophy. Simon Robertson offers the first sustained, single-authored critical assessment of his ethical thought and its significance, argu...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2020.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: | Nietzsche is one of the most subversive thinkers of the western philosophical canon. Yet until recently, his ethics has been sidelined within Anglophone moral philosophy. Simon Robertson offers the first sustained, single-authored critical assessment of his ethical thought and its significance, arguing that Nietzsche raises well-motivated challenges to morality's objectivity, authority and value. Nietzsche and Contemporary Ethics develops insightful arguments about ethical objectivity, the pitfalls of internalizing moral values and the relation between good and bad. Robertson concludes by considering Nietzsche's broader import, how he challenges our usual views of what ethics itself is, and what it, and we, should be doing. |
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| Physical Description: | xi, 402 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [381]-395) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0198722214 9780198722212 |