“Seis mil pés acima do homem e do tempo”: a moral da vontade de poder em Nietzsche

Abstract

This Thesis has two general and complementary objectives: 1) to argue that Nietzschean morality consists of a naturalistic realism linked to ontological and epistemological presuppositions based on the vital value of power and domination, with immediate political, social and cultural repercussions, and from there, 2) to critically analyze some of the main interpretative currents regarding the metaethical and ethical meaning of Nietzschean philosophy, namely virtue ethics, perfectionism, naturalism and immoralism. Objective (1) contains the broad thesis to be demonstrated throughout the work, which is that Nietzsche links metaethics and normative ethics through the concept of the will to power. Concerning objective (2) the fundamental question posed is the detour that is imposed on the overwhelming majority of interpreters when it comes to moving from Nietzsche's ontological and epistemological presuppositions to his morality, avoiding its radical link to the will to power and its political consequences. It's not just a matter of posing this question, but of criticizing its presuppositions and exposing its contradictions, especially when the liberal reading ends up retreading ideological devices destroyed by Nietzsche as he assimilates certain naturalistic elements of liberalism into his moral aristocratism.