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Ansell-Pearson, Keith (2011) Beyond compassion : on Nietzsche’s moral therapy in Dawn. Continental Philosophy Review, Vol.44 (No.2). pp. 179-204. doi:10.1007/s11007-011-9181-x ISSN 1387-2842.
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Abstract
In this essay I seek to show that a philosophy of modesty informs core aspects of both Nietzsche's critique of morality and what he intends to replace morality with, namely, an ethics of self-cultivation. To demonstrate this I focus on Dawn: Thoughts on the Prejudices of Morality, a largely neglected text in his corpus where Nietzsche carries out a quite wide-ranging critique of morality, including Mitleid. It is one of Nietzsche's most experimental works and is best read, I claim, as an Epicurean-inspired critique of the present and an exercise in moral therapy. In the opening sections I draw attention to the wider social dimension of the text and its concern with a morality of compassion, which is rarely done in the literature. I then turn to highlighting Nietzsche's 'Epicurean moment', followed by two sections on Nietzsche on the self in which I aim to bring to light his ethics of self-cultivation and show in what ways his revaluation makes central to ethics a modest egoism and care of self. In the conclusion to the essay I provide a contrast between Nietzsche and Kant and deal with reservations readers might have about his ethics. Overall, the essay seeks to make a contribution to an appreciation of Dawn as a work of moral therapy.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > B Philosophy (General) B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BJ Ethics |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Philosophy | ||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1844-1900. Morgenröthe -- Criticism and interpretation, Ethics, Modesty | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Continental Philosophy Review | ||||
Publisher: | Springer | ||||
ISSN: | 1387-2842 | ||||
Official Date: | May 2011 | ||||
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Volume: | Vol.44 | ||||
Number: | No.2 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 179-204 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1007/s11007-011-9181-x | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 17 December 2015 | ||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 17 December 2015 |
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