Nietzsche on Morality

Brian Leiter's Nietzsche on Morality is an outstanding introduction to Nietzsche's famous work and is essential reading for any student of Nietzsche.

In der Sonder- und Sozialpadagogik steht die demokratische Bildungs- und Erziehungskultur auf dem Prüfstand. Anerkennung, Partizipation, Dialog und die Achtung der Kinder- und Menschenrechtskonventionen werden derzeit in der padagogischen Praxis zurück gedrangt: sozialtechnologische 'Straf-Padagogiken' sowie 'Lob der Disziplin' bedienen den ordnungspolitischen Mainstream. Diese so gar nicht neue, sondern vielmehr antiquierte Erziehungskultur steht im Mittelpunkt dieses Bandes. In ihren Beitragen analysieren die Autorinnen und Autoren aus unterschiedlichen erziehungswissenschaftlichen Perspektiven die Komplexitat und Vielschichtigkeit dieser Entwicklung. Im ersten Teil wird die derzeitige Erziehungskultur unter dem Aspekt einer dem Humanismus und der Demokratie verpflichteten Padagogik betrachtet. Der zweite Teil vertieft das Spektrum der derzeitigen Kontroversen um die Praxis einer Konfrontativen Padagogik. Der dritte Teil widmet sich den gesellschaftskritischen Repliken auf (Un)Kulturen von Bildung und Erziehung. Zentraler Bezugspunkt der theorie- und praxisbezogenen Beitrage ist das Recht jedes Kindes und Jugendlichen auf eine gewaltfreie Erziehung.

Praise for the first edition: "[A]rguably the most important book on Nietzsche's philosophy in the past twenty years." - Mark Jenkins, Journal of Nietzsche Studies (2009) "[T]he book offers one of the most comprehensive and compelling interpretation of Nietzsche's critique of morality.With its distinctive emphasis on naturalistic themes, it forms a very significant contribution to the study of Nietzsche and is poised to become a work of reference in the field." - Bernard Reginster, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews (2003) "[A] rare example of a book of considerable scholarly and philosophical merit that is accessible to a wide audience." - Thomas Carson, Ethics (2004) "[T]he book sets the standard by which future treatments of this subject matter will be measured." - Peter Poellner, University of Warwick, UK "[O]verall, the book does something novel and important, in seeking to expound Nietzsche's thinking specifically about morality to an undergraduate audience, while offering a highly stimulating reading of that thinking itself." - Robert Hopkins, Philosophical Books (2004)

Autorentext

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.

Klappentext

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.

Zusammenfassung
Brian Leiter's Nietzsche on Morality is an outstanding introduction to Nietzsche's famous work and is essential reading for any student of Nietzsche.

Inhalt

1. Introduction: Nietzsche, naturalist or postmodernist? 2. Intellectual history and background 3. Nietzsche's critique of morality I: the scope of the critique and the critique of moral agency 4. Nietzsche's critique of morality II: the critique of moral norms 5. What is "genealogy" and what is the Genealogy? 6. A commentary on the First Essay 7. A commentary on the Second Essay 8. A commentary on the Third Essay 9. Nietzsche since 1900: critical questions. Index