Background
Leiter, Brian R. was born in 1963.
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Nietzsche is one of the most important and controversial thinkers in the history of philosophy. His writings on moral philosophy are amongst the most widely read works, both by philosophers and non-philosophers. Many of the ideas raised are both startling and disturbing, and have been the source of great contention. On the Genealogy of Morality is Nietzsche's most sustained and important contribution to moral philosophy, featuring many of the ideas for which he is best known, including the slave revolt in morals; will to power; genealogy; and perspectivism. The Routledge Philosophy GuideBook to Nietzsche on Morality introduces the reader to these and other important Nietzschean themes patiently and clearly. It is the first book to examine the work in such a way, and will be a vital point of reference for any Nietzsche scholar, and essential reading for students coming to Nietzsche for the first time.
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Brian Leiter is widely recognized as the leading philosophical interpreter of the jurisprudence of American Legal Realism, and the most influential proponent of the relevance of the naturalistic turn in philosophy to the problems of legal philosophy. Naturalizing Jurisprudence collects newly revised versions of ten of his best-known essays. Leiter has supplied a lengthy new introductory essay, as well as postscripts to several of the essays, in which he responds to challenges to his interpretive and philosophical claims by academic lawyers and philosophers. This volume is essential reading for anyone interested in jurisprudence and the philosophy of law.
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Both an introduction to Nietzsche’s moral philosophy, and a sustained commentary on his most famous work, On the Genealogy of Morality, this book has become the most widely used and debated secondary source on these topics over the past dozen years. Many of Nietzsche’s most famous ideas - the "slave revolt" in morals, the attack on free will, perspectivism, "will to power" and the "ascetic ideal" - are clearly analyzed and explained. The first edition established the centrality of naturalism to Nietzsche’s philosophy, generating a substantial scholarly literature to which Leiter responds in an important new Postscript. In addition, Leiter has revised and refreshed the book throughout, taking into account new scholarly literature, and revising or clarifying his treatment of such topics as the objectivity of value, epiphenomenalism and consciousness, and the possibility of "autonomous" agency.
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law and philosophy professor writer
Leiter, Brian R. was born in 1963.
AB cum laude, Princeton University, 1984. Juris Doctor cum laude, University Michigan, 1987. Doctor of Philosophy in Philosophy, University Michigan, 1995.
Assistant professor law University Texas, Austin, 1995—1997, Joe A. Worsham Centennial professor law, 1997—2000, professor philosophy, since 1997, Charles I. Francis professor law, 2000—2002, Joseph D. Jamail Centennial chair law, 2002—2006, Hines H. Baker and Thelma Baker chair law, since 2006. Visiting assistant professor philosophy University California, San Diego, 1995. Visiting professor law Yale University, 1998—1999.
Visiting professor philosophy University College, London, 2001—2006. Visiting professor law University Chicago, 2006. Speaker in field.
(Brian Leiter is widely recognized as the leading philosop...)
( Both an introduction to Nietzsche’s moral philosophy, a...)
( Nietzsche is one of the most important and controversia...)
Married; 3 children.