From Consciousness to Conscience: Cognitive Aspects in Nietzsche’s Genealogy of Conscience
Nietzsche-Studien September 25, 2024 André Itaparica
Abstract This article examines a subject that has received relatively little attention in the literature on Nietzsche’s On the Genealogy of Morality: the pivotal role played by the emergence of consciousness (Bewusstsein) as an epistemic faculty in the development of conscience (Gewissen) as a moral faculty. To achieve this objective, I will (1) introduce the inquiry, (2) elucidate Nietzsche’s...