Paolo Stellino

Nietzsche’s metaethics is a topic which, especially in the last decade, has gained ever increasing attention among Anglo-American Nietzsche-scholars. Conversely, this topic has been almost ignored by continental philosophers. This paper aims to give a general overview of the ongoing discussion, focusing on several problems originating from the attempt to give a coherent and non-contradictory picture of both Nietzsche’s negative and positive metaethical position. Attention will be first directed to Nietzsche’s moral perspectivism (1) and then to his alleged proto-error theory (2). Subsequently, the focus will be on Nietzsche’s moral projectivism and the question of whether this position necessarily requires a non-cognitivist view of moral discourse (3). Finally, the last section will be devoted to a discussion of how to reconcile Nietzsche’s negative metaethics with his positive metaethics (4).

RESUMENEn las siguientes páginas se intentará recorrer los pasos a través de los cuales Nietzsche entró en contacto con la obra dostoievskiana y delinear las posiciones principales de la crítica acerca de la problemática, muy discutida, de qué obras de Dostoievski fueron leídas por Nietzsche. Para ello, nos basaremos en el análisis de las obras, de los fragmentos póstumos y de las cartas del último periodo de la vida consciente de Nietzsche.PALABRAS CLAVESNIETZSCHE, DOSTOIEVSKI, DESCUBRIMIENTOABSTRACTIn the following pages we attempt to reconstruct Nietzsche’s discovery of Dostoevsky’s work. Afterwards we will focus on critical studies in order to specify how the philosopher got to know the Russian author’s novels and specifically which books he may have read. We will base our investigation on Nietzsche’s work, notes and letters.KEYWORDSNIETZSCHE, DOSTOEVSKY, DISCOVERY