The book demonstrates that Nietzsche consistently advocated an ethical standpoint that, under certain conditions, recommends and prescribes the affirmation of life. For Nietzsche, the affirmation of life is closely connected to the Dionysian. Agatonovi reveals how Nietzsche cites the life and culture of ancient Greeks as an example of affirmation. Building upon the affirmation of life, the author shows how Nietzsche criticises morality and calls for a revaluation of ordinary value judgments. This text adopts an approach that highlights naturalism in interpreting Nietzsche's philosophy.

Contrary to Brian Leiter's interpretation of Nietzsche's naturalism, the author argues that Nietzsche's naturalism is broad, which, in considering different forms of life, involves the use of the everyday concept of causality as it is employed in historical explanations. Agatonovi affirms how the concept of causality in Nietzsche depends upon the context that constitutes the totality of life, which can encompass various kinds of conditions, including physical, and psychological, as well as social and cultural phenomena, norms, and values, as causes. The reader is forced to confront how in some contexts, a cause could be composed of different types of conditions and further, how morals and values can be causes since they represent conditions of. One of the fundamental theses of the book is that Nietzsche evaluates values and other norms by assessing the foundation of the whole of life upon which they supervene. The reader finds that Nietzsche evaluates favourably, above all, the life and culture of ancient Greeks in the pre-classical period, as well as individuals of the modern era such as Goethe and Beethoven. This book appeals to students and researches in the field of Nietzsche scholarship.

Shows that Nietzsche's philosophy cannot be employed to endorse transhumanist ideas of enhancement Clearly specifies the type of causality and causal explanation that Nietzsche employs in his genealogical method Interprets Nietzsche's concept of life in a broad sense and involves a multitude of different conditions as causes

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The author is a Research Fellow at the Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory of the University of Belgrade, where he is a member of the Digital Society Lab. He is also a member of the ORBIT COST action project. His scholarly contributions have been published in journals such as AI and Society, Philosophy and Society, Balkan Journal of Philosophy, and Theoria (Serbian Philosophical Society). His research interests encompass various areas, including Nietzsche’s philosophy, ethics, aesthetics, philosophy of science, philosophy of media, and transhumanism.

Inhalt

Preface.- Introduction and Methodology.- Nietzsche's Ethics.- Nietzsche's Critique of Morality.- Concluding Remarks.- Coda.