Beyond Good and Evil
InBeyondGoodandEvil,FriedrichWilhelmNietzscheaccusespastphilosophersoflackingcriticalsenseandblindlyacceptingdogmaticpremisesintheirconsiderationofmorality.Specifically,heaccusesthemoffoundinggrandmetaphysicalsystemsuponthefaiththatthegoodmanistheoppositeoftheevilman,ratherthanjustadifferentexpressionofthesamebasicimpulsesthatfindmoredirectexpressionintheevilman.TheworkmovesintotherealmbeyondgoodandevilinthesenseofleavingbehindthetraditionalmoralitywhichNietzschesubjectstoadestructivecritiqueinfavourofwhatheregardsasanaffirmativeapproachthatfearlesslyconfrontstheperspectivalnatureofknowledgeandtheperilousconditionofthemodernindividual.
