In this episode we unpack the Second essay in German Existentialist Philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche's classic work "The Genealogy of Morals" from 1887.
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On the Genealogy of Morals by Friedrich Nietzsche
*note* reading is not required to enjoy this episode!
Host: Zach Stehura UnpackingIdeas.com
Guest: Samuel Le Coutour
Theme Music: Polyenso
Time Stamps
00:00 Intro
03:16 Questions Nietzsche is Trying to Answer
04:12 Origin of Punishment vs. Utility of Punishment
08:25 Punishment Hardens the Individual
10:24 The Etymology of the word “Guilt”
11:01 The Creditor/Debtor Relationship
12:32 Suffering as Compensation
13:48 Suffering as Entertainment Throughout History
14:39 The Link between Sadism and Social Status
17:14 Grace as a Form of Domination
19:31 The Social Contract
22:52 Lack of Free Will in Early Punishment
24:20 Nietzsche’s Hypothesis on the Origin of Bad Conscience
24:30 The State of Nature Theory
27:10 Turing The Will to Power Against Oneself
32:30 Masochism
33:34 Punishment as Entertainment for the Gods
34:47 Aristocrats Create Bad Conscience in Slaves
37:46 Ancestor Worship
40:22 Original Sin / The Psychology of Guilt
44:43 Debt Becoming Spiritual and Internal
46:19 Internalizing the Creditor/Debtor Dynamic within One’s own Conscience
48:59 Nietzsche’s Views on Bad Conscience / The Sovereign Individual
52:40 Wrapping up/ Outro