Abstract

This paper argues for a specific interpretation of Nietzsche’s “critique of morality” by examining the passages in which Nietzsche uses versions of that phrase, and extracting from them six criteria that any plausible candidate for critique must meet. On this basis, I reject several alternative interpretations in favor of one in which Nietzsche is criticizing morality, considered as a set of practices, by showing the meaning of these practices and their failures in functioning.