In this essay I try to understand the philosophical value of Nietzsche's critique of morality in Daybreak: Thoughts on the Prejudices of Morality, a book that in the context of Nietzsche studies has often been overlooked. I do this by examining the way in which he criticizes the ungrounded assumptions or so-called prejudices of moral objectivity and the idea that there exists an absolute morality. I also explore the positions from which he criticizes these prejudices, namely from ideas of subjectivity and history, and their respective relation to morality. Finally, I reflect upon what Nietzsche has to say about the possibility of a new understanding of ethics by exploring the implications of his view of bodily affections and linguistic concepts.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:sh-45951 |
| Date | January 2021 |
| Creators | Bild, Olle |
| Publisher | Södertörns högskola, Institutionen för kultur och lärande |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | Swedish |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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