Document Type
Thesis
Degree
Master of Arts
Major
Philosophy
Date of Defense
4-21-2025
Graduate Advisor
Billy Dunaway
Committee
Jill Delston
Lauren Olin
Eric Wiland
Abstract
What is Nietzsche’s metaethical stance? Does he even have one? We can, I argue, reconstruct an interesting metaethical view from his writings. Rather than focusing narrowly on his claims about moral judgement, I explore Nietzsche’s philosophical psychology broadly in order to argue that he is best interpreted as holding an emotivist type of expressivism. The function of moral judgement lies within its affective and action-guiding nature, and its communal role of coordinating our evaluative attitudes with one another.
Recommended Citation
Jackson, Cameron, "Nietzschean Expressivism" (2025). Theses. 493.
https://irl.umsl.edu/thesis/493
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