Friedrich Nietzsche Genealogy of Morals (part 2) | Existentialist Philosophy & Literature

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We continue our study of one of Nietzsche's systematic works, The Genealogy of Morals, focusing now on the second essay: "Guilt, Bad Conscience, and the Like".

We discuss a number of different themes emerging in the story Nietzsche reconstructs in this essay -- aiming at understanding the origin and the development of responsibility and the "bad conscience" widespread in modern times and culture, deeply involved in the late modern condition of nihilism.

Among these themes are punishment, cruelty, and suffering, the will-to-power, the distinction between origin and purpose, and the inward turn of frustrated instincts forced by the development of the state and of religion -- and the present situation of Western culture as one marked by nihilism.

We examine specifically the nature of punishment and its range of meanings, originating in - but not reducible to - the relationship between creditor and debtor. Punishment mediates an economy of pleasure and pain, suffering and power.

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