Nietzsche: There is No Objective Right or Wrong | Brian Leiter

15 topics
1h 24m 27s

Topics

  • 00:00:00 - Introduction: Subjectivity of Morality and Moral Anti-Realism

  • 00:01:19 - Nietzsche's Aim: Anti-Realism to Empower 'Higher Men'

  • 00:02:20 - Brian Leiter on Nietzsche's Disturbing Moral Philosophy

  • 00:05:40 - Nietzsche's Anti-Egalitarianism vs. Leiter's Egalitarian Stance

  • 00:06:55 - Comparing Nietzsche and Marx: Complementary Critiques of Society

  • 00:15:46 - The Stakes and Definition of Moral Anti-Realism (Revisited)

  • 00:31:50 - Moral Improvement and Human Nature in an Anti-Realist World

  • 00:37:55 - Argument for Anti-Realism 1: Moral Facts as Superfluous

  • 00:43:35 - Argument for Anti-Realism 2: Morality as Symptom of Affects (Sentimentalism)

  • 00:51:27 - Argument for Anti-Realism 3: Persistent Disagreement in Moral Philosophy

  • 00:57:35 - Prescriptions of Anti-Realism: Value Creation and the 'Noble Lie'

  • 01:06:53 - Living with Anti-Realism: Tolerance, Force, and Thucydidean Objectivity

  • 01:13:38 - Leiter's Personal Commitments and Concluding Thoughts on Marxism

  • 01:16:20 - Brian Leiter's Intellectual Journey and Approach to Nietzsche Scholarship

  • 01:23:30 - Podcast Outro and Call to Action