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Nietzsche's Genealogy of Morality

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Nietzsche's Genealogy of Morality

In Our Time: Philosophy

2017/01/12
In Our Time: Philosophy

In Our Time: Philosophy

2017/01/12
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Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Nietzsche's On The Genealogy of Morality - A Polemic, which he published in 1887 towards the end of his working life and in which he considered the price humans have paid, and were still paying, to become civilised. In three...

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Nietzsche’s Genealogy of Morality traces the hidden costs of civilisation, from guilt and religious morality to the possibility of living beyond inherited values.
01:23
The price of becoming civilised
08:33
A conscience behind the moral conscience
10:56
Morality as a contrast between nobles and slaves
16:59
Redefining the world from weakness
21:34
Powerlessness becomes a creative force
26:37
Confession constructs the inner life
31:05
Punishment does not make people morally better
37:16
Life is more than truth
41:00
A possibility beyond guilt
43:32
Truth is dangerous and problematic

Chapters

Nietzsche’s formation and the question of civilisation
00:00
Noble morality, slave morality, and ressentiment
09:31
Christianity, guilt, and the ascetic ideal
27:55
Life, truth, and the possibility beyond guilt
36:39
Reflexive genealogy, style, and contested legacy
43:09

Transcript

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