ABSTRACT
The most systematic expression of Friedrich Nietzsche's mature views on morality and other topics, his 1887 text On the Genealogy of Morality is a book whose central place in moral philosophy and its wide readership outside of it appear secure. In all cultures where the influence of religion has declined but where no new values have been put forth to replace those moral ideals we have inherited, it is still Nietzsche who gives the clearest expression of many of the cultural and intellectual problems we now face. An Aristotelian account of human nature implies that human flourishing is largely a matter of the quality of the relationships we enjoy with others. Nietzsche's radical individualism challenges this picture, suggesting that further engagement between Nietzscheans and Aristotelians would be a fruitful future development.
