In this episode we unpack the Second essay in German Existentialist Philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche's classic work "The Genealogy of Morals" from 1887.
This Essay Explores...

The Origins of Punishment
The Psychology of Guilt
The Link Between Civilization and Bad Conscience

Links to Reading & Articles mentioned
⁠On the Genealogy of Morals by Friedrich Nietzsche⁠
*note* reading is not required to enjoy this episode!
Host: Zach Stehura  ⁠⁠⁠UnpackingIdeas.com⁠⁠⁠
Guest: Samuel Le Coutour
Theme Music: ⁠⁠⁠Polyenso⁠

Time Stamps
00:00 Intro
03:16 Questions Nietzsche is Trying to Answer
04:12 Origin of Punishment vs. Utility of Punishment
08:25 Punishment Hardens the Individual
10:24 The Etymology of the word “Guilt”
11:01 The Creditor/Debtor Relationship
12:32 Suffering as Compensation
13:48 Suffering as Entertainment Throughout History 
14:39 The Link between Sadism and Social Status
17:14 Grace as a Form of Domination
19:31 The Social Contract
22:52 Lack of Free Will in Early Punishment
24:20 Nietzsche’s Hypothesis on the Origin of Bad Conscience
24:30 The State of Nature Theory
27:10 Turing The Will to Power Against Oneself
32:30 Masochism 
33:34 Punishment as Entertainment for the Gods
34:47 Aristocrats Create Bad Conscience in Slaves
37:46 Ancestor Worship
40:22 Original Sin / The Psychology of Guilt
44:43 Debt Becoming Spiritual and Internal
46:19 Internalizing the Creditor/Debtor Dynamic within One’s own Conscience
48:59 Nietzsche’s Views on Bad Conscience / The Sovereign Individual
52:40 Wrapping up/ Outro

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