Beyond Good and Evil

Join us to cover one of Nietzsche's most influential works, Beyond Good and Evil, his great ethical treatise where he critiques the morality of Western society since the advent of Christianity.  In particular, we will be covering the aforementioned idea and his concepts of master and slave morality.

Nietzsche was a late 19th century philosopher responding to the crisis of nihilism in post-Industrial society.  It is no exaggeration to say that Nietzsche is one of the most influential and profound Western philosophers of all time, let alone the 19th century.  He is often regarded as a key figure in existentialism, Western Marxism, and post-structuralism.  Outside of philosophy, his thinking has influenced literary theory, semiology, psychology, anthropology, and comparative literature, among other disciplines.

Nietzsche's influence and at times cryptic writing style has frequently led to misinterpretation.  Some mistakenly call Nietzsche a nihilist.  Others view him as an antisocial figure who advocates for…