Brian Leiter is the Karl N. Llewellyn Professor of Jurisprudence and Director of the Center for Law, Philosophy & Human Values at the University of Chicago, USA, where he teaches and writes about moral, political, and legal philosophy in both the Anglophone and Continental European traditions.

Praise for the first edition:"[A]rguably the most important book on Nietzsche’s philosophy in the past twenty years…." - Mark Jenkins, Journal of Nietzsche Studies (2009)"[T]he book offers one of the most comprehensive and compelling interpretation of Nietzsche’s critique of morality….With its distinctive emphasis on naturalistic themes, it forms a very significant contribution to the study of Nietzsche and is poised to become a work of reference in the field." - Bernard Reginster, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews (2003)"[A] rare example of a book of considerable scholarly and philosophical merit that is accessible to a wide audience." - Thomas Carson, Ethics (2004)"[T]he book sets the standard by which future treatments of this subject matter will be measured…." - Peter Poellner, University of Warwick, UK"[O]verall, the book does something novel and important, in seeking to expound Nietzsche’s thinking specifically about morality to an undergraduate audience, while offering a highly stimulating reading of that thinking itself." - Robert Hopkins, Philosophical Books (2004)

• 1. Introduction: Nietzsche, naturalist or postmodernist? 2. Intellectual history and background 3. Nietzsche’s critique of morality I: the scope of the critique and the critique of moral agency 4. Nietzsche’s critique of morality II: the critique of moral norms 5. What is "genealogy" and what is the Genealogy? 6. A commentary on the First Essay 7. A commentary on the Second Essay 8. A commentary on the Third Essay 9. Nietzsche since 1900: critical questions. Index

Brian Leiter is the Karl N. Llewellyn Professor of Jurisprudence and Director of the Center for Law, Philosophy & Human Values at the University of Chicago, USA, where he teaches and writes about moral, political, and legal philosophy in both the Anglophone and Continental European traditions.

Praise for the first edition:"[A]rguably the most important book on Nietzsche’s philosophy in the past twenty years…." - Mark Jenkins, Journal of Nietzsche Studies (2009)"[T]he book offers one of the most comprehensive and compelling interpretation of Nietzsche’s critique of morality….With its distinctive emphasis on naturalistic themes, it forms a very significant contribution to the study of Nietzsche and is poised to become a work of reference in the field." - Bernard Reginster, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews (2003)"[A] rare example of a book of considerable scholarly and philosophical merit that is accessible to a wide audience." - Thomas Carson, Ethics (2004)"[T]he book sets the standard by which future treatments of this subject matter will be measured…." - Peter Poellner, University of Warwick, UK"[O]verall, the book does something novel and important, in seeking to expound Nietzsche’s thinking specifically about morality to an undergraduate audience, while offering a highly stimulating reading of that thinking itself." - Robert Hopkins, Philosophical Books (2004)

• 1. Introduction: Nietzsche, naturalist or postmodernist? 2. Intellectual history and background 3. Nietzsche’s critique of morality I: the scope of the critique and the critique of moral agency 4. Nietzsche’s critique of morality II: the critique of moral norms 5. What is "genealogy" and what is the Genealogy? 6. A commentary on the First Essay 7. A commentary on the Second Essay 8. A commentary on the Third Essay 9. Nietzsche since 1900: critical questions. Index

Brian Leiter is the Karl N. Llewellyn Professor of Jurisprudence and Director of the Center for Law, Philosophy & Human Values at the University of Chicago, USA, where he teaches and writes about moral, political, and legal philosophy in both the Anglophone and Continental European traditions.

Praise for the first edition:"[A]rguably the most important book on Nietzsche’s philosophy in the past twenty years…." - Mark Jenkins, Journal of Nietzsche Studies (2009)"[T]he book offers one of the most comprehensive and compelling interpretation of Nietzsche’s critique of morality….With its distinctive emphasis on naturalistic themes, it forms a very significant contribution to the study of Nietzsche and is poised to become a work of reference in the field." - Bernard Reginster, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews (2003)"[A] rare example of a book of considerable scholarly and philosophical merit that is accessible to a wide audience." - Thomas Carson, Ethics (2004)"[T]he book sets the standard by which future treatments of this subject matter will be measured…." - Peter Poellner, University of Warwick, UK"[O]verall, the book does something novel and important, in seeking to expound Nietzsche’s thinking specifically about morality to an undergraduate audience, while offering a highly stimulating reading of that thinking itself." - Robert Hopkins, Philosophical Books (2004)

• 1. Introduction: Nietzsche, naturalist or postmodernist? 2. Intellectual history and background 3. Nietzsche’s critique of morality I: the scope of the critique and the critique of moral agency 4. Nietzsche’s critique of morality II: the critique of moral norms 5. What is "genealogy" and what is the Genealogy? 6. A commentary on the First Essay 7. A commentary on the Second Essay 8. A commentary on the Third Essay 9. Nietzsche since 1900: critical questions. Index