Nietzsche's radicalization of Kant *.(Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche and Immanuel Kant)(Critical essay)
Polity, October, 2006 by Sokoloff, William W.
Introduction Nietzsche does not reject morality but re-figures it beyond good and evil and alongside a Kantian conception of autonomy. (1) He does not stay within Kant's framework for practical reason but radicalizes it. This is clear in terms of his critique of ressentiment, presentation of pathos of distance, and articulation of a new foundation for ethical practice. Nietzsche's radicalization of Kant overcomes some of the shortcomings of his Prussian forefather and challenges the way Nietzsche has been received among liberal and postmodern political theorists. (2) For liberals, Nietzsche is an irrational, sadistic, and undemocratic political thinker of dubious worth. For postmodernists, Nietzsche is valuable because he does away with transcendental ground and frees...
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