SHOOTING AT VIRTUE

Authors

  • Jaanus Sooväli University of Tartu, Estonia Institute of Philosophy and Semiotics

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5216/phi.v21i2.42974

Keywords:

Nietzsche, morality, virtue, immoralism.

Abstract

Nietzsche is known as a great and poignant critic of the Judeo-Christian virtue and morality, but the motivation and aim of his criticisms might sometimes remain unclear. For instance, in Twilight of the Idols, he writes: “Are we harming virtue, we immoralists? – Just as little as anarchists harm princes. Princes sit securely on their thrones only after they've been shot at. Moral: morality must be shot at.” This saying seems to suggest that Nietzsche criticized and attacked traditional virtue and morality in order to consolidate and strengthen them. In the article, I provide an interpretation of this saying and, in the course of it, approach Nietzsche’s reconceptualization of virtue and morality more generally. 

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Author Biography

Jaanus Sooväli, University of Tartu, Estonia Institute of Philosophy and Semiotics

Research Fellow

Insitute of Philosophy and Semiotics

University of Tartu, Estonia

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Published

2017-01-19

How to Cite

SOOVÄLI, J. SHOOTING AT VIRTUE. Philósophos a journal of philosophy, Goiânia, v. 21, n. 2, p. 107–126, 2017. DOI: 10.5216/phi.v21i2.42974. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/philosophos/article/view/42974. Acesso em: 3 jul. 2024.

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