DEED IS EVERYTHING C

Nietzsche is often held to be a sceptic about human agency keen to debunk it along every dimension. Rather than dismissing notions of autonomy and morality The Deed is Everything presents a new and engaging interpretation of Nietzsche as being committed to an 'expressivist' conception of agency. <p/>Ridley argues that contrary to debunking the existence of agents or selves Nietzsche develops highly distinctive accounts of freedom morality and selfhood. The text revisits a variety of central Nietzschean themes - including self-creation the sovereign individual will to power Kantian and Christian morality and amor fati - often to unexpected effect. The Nietzsche who emerges from this analysis has a clear conception of human agency and a robust commitment to the value of human excellence in all of its forms. <p/>This comprehensive study of Nietzsche and expressive action is important reading for all Nietzsche scholars and philosophers of agency.<br>