ABSTRACT

In Ecce Homo (1908) Friedrich Nietzsche calls himself "the first immoralist" and adds "that makes me the annihilator par excellence".
Lester Hunt examines this and other radical claims in order to show that Nietzsche does have a coherent ethical and political philosophy. He uses Nietzsche's writings as a starting point for a critique of a wider, contemporary ethical project - one that should inform our lives as well as our thoughts.

chapter 1|5 pages

INTRODUCTION: READING NIETZSCHE

chapter 2|14 pages

IMMORALISM

chapter 3|14 pages

POLITICS AND ANTI-POLITICS

chapter 4|22 pages

CHAOS AND ORDER

chapter 5|16 pages

VIRTUE

chapter 6|12 pages

JUSTICE AND THE GIFT-GIVING VIRTUE

chapter 7|32 pages

WHICH TRAITS ARE VIRTUES?

chapter 8|12 pages

IMMORALISM AGAIN

chapter 9|16 pages

CONCLUSION: VIRTUE AND SOCIETY