PREDATION & POWER: NIETZSCHE. Lecture 6 of Philosophy of Ethics course [Peterson Academy]

“Power gives the first right, and there is no right, which at bottom is not presumption, usurpation, violence.” Lecture Six: Predation and Power Themes: Gyges. Original Sin? Master and slave moralities. Slavery as natural and necessary? A new aristocracy. Texts: Nietzsche, “The Greek State,” Beyond Good and Evil, and The Will to Power About the […]