The Genealogy of Guilt

This keynote speech examines if, according to Nietzsche, experience of nature is inevitably conditioned by some archetypal phantasm or cultural construction process or if unmediated apprehension of nature is possible. 

Nietzsche's Sovereign Individual (SI) argues that 1. Nietzsche denies free will and moral responsibility. 2. SI in no way supports a denial of 1. 3. Nietzsche engages in a 'persuasive definition' of the language of Freedom and Free Will. 

On the triangulation between consciousness, language and nature in Nietzsche's philosophy and contemporary philosophy of mind and proposes a philosophy of signs and interpretation as a basis for a philosophy of mind, language and nature. 

This episode summarises Nietzsche’s On the Genealogy of Morals in 10 minutes. It is among Nietzsche’s most sustained and cohesive works consisting of three essays: “Good and Evil, Good and Bad”, “Guilt, Bad Conscience and the Like” and “What is the Meaning of Ascetic Ideals?” In ... Show More

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss whether religion can still be seen as a way of interpreting and judging good and evil in modern western civilisation and examines what the discoveries of Darwin and our knowledge of the true physiological nature and history of man has done for us i ... Show More

بالنِّسبة لمُنكر وجود الله، كلُّ القيم الأخلاقيَّة الَّتي يُحسُّ بها الإنسان الأصل فيها أن تكون مثل هذه الخربشات لا قيمة لها ولا معنًى لها فلا يَتصرَّف على أساسها فقد جاءت بها حسب معتقده العشوائيَّة الَّتي لا تدري ما تفعله ولا تعِد بشيءٍ، ولا تلتزم بشيءٍ في الإلحاد الَّذي يفسِّر ... Show More

ما القيم التي ينادي بها كثيرٌ من الملحدين الدَّاروينيِّين هذه الأيَّام؟ - الحرِّية - المساواة- حقوق الإنسان- حقوق المرأة تعالوا نرى وضع المرأة حسب الأسس العلمية الدَّاروينيَّة: كان داروين"Charles Darwin" قد بذر بُذُور وصف المرأة بالدُّونيَّة تطوُّريًّا، ففي كتابه (أصل الإنسان) عق ... Show More

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the concept of evil. When Nietzsche killed off God he had it in for evil as well: In Beyond Good and Evil, he constructed an argument against what he called the “herd morality” of Christianity, and he complained "everything that elevates an individ ... Show More

We experience chronic guilt towards a lot of things: guilt for resting, guilt for not resting, guilt for prioritising ourselves, guilt for being a bad friend, a bad partner, a bad student, for not deserving your opportunities. In today's episode we break down the guilt complex by ... Show More

Some Christians carry an ongoing sense of guilt for sins confessed long ago. What can we do with these stubborn guilt feelings? 

If you've done something wrong, feelings of guilt can prompt us to apologise, make amends and change our ways. But many of us also feel guilty with little cause. We may think we're bad parents, lazy or incompetent workers, or unreliable partners - all without much evidence that w ... Show More