The HBS hosts unpack Nietzsche’s Genealogy of Morals, Section 13, to uncover how we arrived at morality and moral subjectivity.

There are conditions that seem to be necessary in order for our whole moral outlook and values, conditions that are not found in nature. What must be the case in order for one to be said to be morally responsible? In this episode, we take Section 13 of Nietzsche’s Genealogy of Morals as our guide to uncover the conditions of moral subjectivity.

The following texts, works, items, and people are discussed:

• Here is a PDF of the Introduction and First Essay of Nietzsche’s Genealogy of Morals. In this episode, we are discussing Essay 1, Section 13.
• Wired Magazine
• The soundtrack from the AppleTV show Ted Lasso
• Mark Anthony Neal’s The New Black Man
• Sen. Corey Booker’s questioning of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson
• Friedrich Nietzsche, The Genealogy of Morals, Section 13
• The Third Antinomy from Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason.
• The film The Advocate.