ABSTRACT
Moral philosophy aims to help us better understand the meaning and implications of moral concepts such as right and wrong, and good and bad, both in themselves and as they contribute to moral practices. Debt is a relational and generative concept in moral theory that has functioned uncritically for most of the history of Western moral theory. A debt is just the perversion of a promise. It is a promise corrupted by both math and violence. The chapter argues that Friedrich Nietzsche's economic thought provides the philosophical backdrop for the classic contemporary tale of debt in the age of neoliberalism, Breaking Bad. Breaking bad is a major source of philosophical inquiry, and critique and resistance to the terrors of neoliberalism in America. It provides an epic account of the moral implications of the debt economy and resistance to it.
