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Episode 11: Nietzsche’s Immoralism: What Is Ethics, Anyway?

The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast

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The Purpose of Cruelty in Punishment

"To see somebody suffer as nice is even nicer," he says. "That is a hard proposition, but an ancient, powerful human, al to human proposition" The only person who can legitimately make a promise to deliver something or go into debt is someone who can predict what they're going to become and what their circumstances will be.

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