Binding: Hardcover
Description: At the core of Nietzsche's famous critique of 'morality lies the sweeping claim that morality is the primary source of a stance of 'life - denial and hence an obstacle to the possibility of an affirmative stance toward life. Moral values Nietzsche argues are inimical to the affirmation of life since they typically denigrate certain ineliminable features of the world and human existence (suffering loss impermanence the body instinctual desire). Other values allegedly are life - affirming because they cultivate or augment a life - affirming tendency. Nietzsche's pervasive concern with undermining morality and fostering an affirmative attitude towards life are thus closely intertwined: he attacks morality because it underwrites a condemnation of life and seeks to supplant morality with an alternative life - enhancing ethics of affirmation. This volume brings together a number of new essays by leading Nietzsche scholars to examine these centrally important and overlapping themes in Nietzsche's philosophical enterprise.
Title: Nietzsche On Morality And The Affirmation Of Life
Brand: Oxford University Press
Barcode: 9780198728894
Pages: 232 Pages
Publication Date: 9/9/2022
Category: Ethics & Moral Philosophy