Date of Award
August 2016
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts
Department
Philosophy
First Advisor
William Bristow
Committee Members
Luca Ferrero, Andrea Westlund
Keywords
Autonomy, Nietzsche, Responsibility, Will Unification
Abstract
The modern analytic’s conception of morality usually grounds the agent’s mo-rality in some conception of responsibility and autonomy. Friedrich Nietzsche agrees that morality should be grounded in responsibility and autonomy, however his con-ceptions of responsibility and autonomy are quite different from the modern analytic literature. In this paper, I present Nietzsche’s account of autonomy and responsibility. In part one, I describe Nietzsche’s beliefs about human nature and how the human psyche became disparate. The sovereign individual is also introduced as the Nie-tzschean ideal capable of autonomy and responsibility. The second part of the paper refines Nietzshce’s ideas concerning both the will and free will and their relation to morality. Finally, I argue that Nietzsche provides a process of how a disparate individ-ual may become an autonomous and responsible individual.
Recommended Citation
Smith, Waylon Jennings, "Nietzsche's Autonomy, Responsibility, and Will Unification" (2016). Theses and Dissertations. 1541.
https://dc.uwm.edu/etd/1541