Book contents
- Nietzsche’s Moral Psychology
- Nietzsche’s Moral Psychology
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations of Nietzsche’s Works and Translations
- Part I Introduction
- Part II Nietzsche’s Socio-Moral Framework
- Chapter 3 From Instincts and Drives to Types
- Chapter 4 From Types to Virtues
- Chapter 5 Socializing Nietzschean Virtues
- Part III Nietzschean Virtues
- Part IV Conclusion
- References
- Index
Chapter 4 - From Types to Virtues
from Part II - Nietzsche’s Socio-Moral Framework
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 19 August 2019
- Nietzsche’s Moral Psychology
- Nietzsche’s Moral Psychology
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations of Nietzsche’s Works and Translations
- Part I Introduction
- Part II Nietzsche’s Socio-Moral Framework
- Chapter 3 From Instincts and Drives to Types
- Chapter 4 From Types to Virtues
- Chapter 5 Socializing Nietzschean Virtues
- Part III Nietzschean Virtues
- Part IV Conclusion
- References
- Index
Summary
In this chapter, Alfano argues that a Nietzschean virtue is a well-calibrated drive. Being well calibrated requires that several criteria, both internal to the agent and related to his social context, be satisfied. In particular, a drive is only a candidate virtue if it is conducive to what Nietzsche calls life and health. Roughly, this means that a drive is only a candidate virtue if it supports or at least does not interfere with the agent's other drives. Second, a drive is only a candidate virtue if it or the actions it motivates are not systematically condemned by the agent whose drive it is. Finally, a drive is only a candidate virtue if expressing it is not liable to elicit intense and easily internalized disapprobation from the agent's community.
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- Nietzsche's Moral Psychology , pp. 86 - 114Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019