Moral psychology with Nietzsche
Brian Leiter draws on empirical psychology to defend a set of radical ideas from Nietzsche: there is no objectively true morality, there is no free will, no one is ever morally responsible, and our conscious thoughts play almost no significant role in our actions. Nietzsche emerges as not just a gre...
| Main Author: | Leiter, Brian, |
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| Other Authors: | Oxford Scholarship Online. |
| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
2019.
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| Physical Description: |
1 online resource. |
| Edition: | First edition. |
| Series: |
Oxford scholarship online.
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| Summary: |
Brian Leiter draws on empirical psychology to defend a set of radical ideas from Nietzsche: there is no objectively true morality, there is no free will, no one is ever morally responsible, and our conscious thoughts play almost no significant role in our actions. Nietzsche emerges as not just a great philosopher but a prescient psychologist. |
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| Item Description: |
Previously issued in print: 2019. Includes bibliographical references and index. Brian Leiter draws on empirical psychology to defend a set of radical ideas from Nietzsche: there is no objectively true morality, there is no free will, no one is ever morally responsible, and our conscious thoughts play almost no significant role in our actions. Nietzsche emerges as not just a great philosopher but a prescient psychologist. Specialized. |
| Physical Description: |
1 online resource. |
| Audience: |
Specialized. |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780191876288 (ebook) : |