On the Genealogy of Morality

About “On the Genealogy of Morality”

On the Genealogy of Morality: A Polemic is an 1887 book by Friedrich Nietzsche. It includes a preface and three treatises that develop ideas introduced in Beyond Good and Evil (1886). The work examines the development of moral concepts and challenges the moral beliefs of Christian morality. Each treatise explores different stages in the history of morality, aiming to uncover the origins of ethical values. Nietzsche critiques traditional moral judgments and questions their foundations. The book is a philosophical analysis of morality's evolution and its underlying assumptions. (Summary adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.)