Nietzsche's Moral Psychology

Mark Alfano is Associate Professor of Ethics and Philosophy of Technology at Delft University of Technology. He is the author of Character as Moral Fiction (Cambridge, 2013) and Moral Psychology: An Introduction (2016).

• Part I. Introduction: 1. Précis; 2. Methodology: introducing digital humanities to the history of philosophy; Part II. Nietzsche's Socio-moral Framework: 3. From instincts and drives to types; 4. From types to virtues; 5. Socializing Nietzschean virtues; Part III. Nietzschean Virtues: 6. Curiosity; 7. Courage; 8. Pathos of distance; 9. Sense of humor; 10. Solitude; Part IV. Conclusion: 11. Conscience and integrity; 12. Prospectus; References; Index.

‘An audacious work in digital humanities scholarship, Nietzsche's Moral Psychology is interesting not simply because it offers well-argued rereadings of Nietzsche's classic works in moral psychology, but also because of its semantic network methodology … Alfano's fresh approach to the Nietzschean virtues - expanded here to include courage, curiosity, the pathos of distance, and the ability to laugh - are especially insightful.’ J. G. Moore, Choice