This book develops a novel interpretation of the
late-nineteenth-century German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche as
holding a distinct and original metaethical position (a theory about
our practice of ethics). David Emannuel Rowe characterizes it as a
human-centered metaethics. A central achievement of A Nietzschean
Metaethics is to bring Nietzsche into a conversation with the analytic
metaethical tradition. To do so, Rowe interprets Nietzsche’s use of
such concepts as the notorious “will to power”; his ideal agent,
the superman or Übermensch; nihilism; the eternal recurrence;
Perspectivism; and Being and Becoming. The result is a view of
Nietzsche as a radical moral error theorist, which is to say he
defends the view that all statements that appeal to some value for
their truth are false. This theory is radical because Nietzsche argues
that insofar as language requires certain concepts for its truth it is
in error, in virtue of an appeal to some value. Rowe also offers a
view where the increase in one’s power is a standard by which one
can make sense of Nietzsche’s so-called re-evaluation of all values.
By means of this resolution, Nietzsche criticizes some contemporary
themes in metaethics, such as particular views about moral motivation,
reasons, moral error theory, and agency.
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Criticism of Some Contemporary Themes in Metaethics
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ISBN
9798881884956
Publisert
2025
Utgave
1. utgave
Utgiver
Bloomsbury USA
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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