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Category: Paul Katsafanas

Deriving Ethics from Action: A Nietzschean Version of Constitutivism

Posted on March 2, 2025 By Admin No Comments on Deriving Ethics from Action: A Nietzschean Version of Constitutivism

This paper was written by Paul Katsafanas and published in 2011. In this paper, Katsafanas develops a unique interpretation of Nietzsche’s metaethical position based on a version of constitutivism: the view that we can derive substantive normative conclusions from an account of the nature of agency. The abstract states: “This paper has two goals. First,…

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