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