Nietzsche and the Origin of Virtue

<p>In <em>Ecce Homo</em> (1908) Friedrich Nietzsche calls himself the first immoralist and adds that makes me the annihilator <em>par excellence</em>.<br> Lester Hunt examines this and other radical claims in order to show that Nietzsche does have a coherent ethical and political philosophy. He uses Nietzsche's writings as a starting point for a critique of a wider contemporary ethical project - one that should inform our lives as well as our thoughts.</p>