?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Generosity+as+a+central+virtue+in+Nietzsche's+ethics&rft.creator=Schoeman%2C+Marinus&rft.subject=Postprints&rft.description=Nietzsche's+ethics+is+basically+an+ethics+of+virtue.+In+his+own+unique+way%2C+and+in+accordance+with+his+extra-moral+view+of+life%2C+Nietzsche+recovers+and+re-appropriates+certain+virtues+%E2%80%93+notably+pagan%2C+aristocratic+virtues+%E2%80%93+as+part%0Aof+his+project+to+reconceptualise+(%E2%80%98rehabilitate%E2%80%99)+the+virtues+in+terms+of+virt%C3%B9+(virtuosity+and+vitality)%2C+to+which+he+also+refers+as+his+%E2%80%98moraline-free%E2%80%99+conception%0Aof+the+virtues.+The+virtue+of+generosity+(in+the+sense+of+magnanimity)+plays+a+central+role+in+Nietzschean+ethics.+According+to+Nietzsche%2C+the+truly+noble+or+virtuous+person+is+one+who+lives+beyond+resentment+and+feelings+of%0Aremorse+and+guilt.+He+lives+his+life+from+the+fullness+and+plenitude+of+his+own+being+and+what+he+is+able+to+bestow+on+others.+Nietzsche+seeks+to+rekindle+and+rehabilitate+the+aristocratic+%E2%80%98pathos+of+distance%E2%80%99+as+the+true+origin+of+ethical+life.+This+pathos+of+distance+basically+emanates+from+self-respect%3A+%E2%80%98The+noble+soul+has+reverence+for+itself%E2%80%99+(1974b%3A+%C2%A7287).+For+Nietzsche%2C+this+means+that+one+should+realize+the+greatest+multiplicity+of+drives+and+form-giving%0Aforces+in+oneself%2C+in+the+most+tension-fraught+but+%E2%80%98controlled%E2%80%99+manner.+This+control%2C+this+imposing+a+form+on+oneself+without+neglecting+the+multiplicity+in+oneself%2C+is+a+creative%2C+artistic+activity.+Nietzsche+also+refers+to+this+as+a+process+of+transforming+the+self+into+a+work+of+art%2C+of+giving+style+to+one's+own+existence.+Thus+we+free+ourselves+from+guilt%2C+resentment+and+the+rage+against+contingency.+It+is+of+the+utmost+importance+for+Nietzsche+that+one+should+attain+satisfaction+with+oneself%2C+for+%E2%80%98only+then+is+a+human+being+at+all+tolerable+to+behold.+Whoever+is+dissatisfied+with+himself+is+continually+ready+for+revenge%2C+and+we+others+will+be+his+victims%2C+if+only+by+having+to+endure+his+ugly%0Asight.%E2%80%99+(1974a%3A+%C2%A7290).+To+attain+satisfaction+with+oneself+ultimately+means+to+affirm+life+in+its+totality.+This+implies+a+life+beyond+resentment%2C+i.e.+a+life+that+is+characterised+by+generosity+or+magnanimity+(megalopsychia%2C+magnanimitas)%2C+which+is+for+Nietzsche+the+%E2%80%98crown%E2%80%99+of+all+the+virtues.&rft.date=2007&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F5466%2F1%2FSchoeman.pdf&rft.identifier=++Schoeman%2C+Marinus++(2007)+Generosity+as+a+central+virtue+in+Nietzsche's+ethics.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F5466%2F