From Consciousness to Conscience: Cognitive Aspects in Nietzsche’s Genealogy of Conscience

Abstract: This article examines a subject that has received relatively little attention in the literature on Nietzsche’s On the Genealogy of Morality: the pivotal role played by the emergence of consciousness (Bewusstsein) as an epistemic faculty in the development of conscience (Gewissen) as a moral faculty. To achieve this objective, I will (1) introduce the inquiry, (2) elucidate Nietzsche’s hypothesis regarding the emergence of consciousness, (3) establish a connection between consciousness and the genesis of conscience, and (4) expound upon the cognitive capacities involved in the formation of conscience as a moral faculty.

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: From Consciousness to Conscience: Cognitive Aspects in Nietzsche’s Genealogy of Conscience ; volume:53 ; number:1 ; year:2024 ; pages:226-245 ; extent:20 ; Nietzsche-Studien ; 53, Heft 1 (2024), 226-245 (gesamt 20)

Contributors, Places and Time

• Creator: Itaparica, André Luís Mota

Further information

• DOI: 10.1515/nietzstu-2023-0032
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2409251539187.862287583924
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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