Paper Title :The Criminal – A Nietzschean profile and its Legal Implications

Author :Hanina Ben Menahem

Article Citation :Hanina Ben Menahem , (2018 ) " The Criminal – A Nietzschean profile and its Legal Implications " , International Journal of Management and Applied Science (IJMAS) , pp. 36-41, Volume-4,Issue-4

Abstract : This paper examines Nietzsche’s view of the criminal, based on his “The Pale Criminal” in Thus Spoke Zarathustra. Nietzsche has two major reasons to be interested in the criminal. First, Nietzsche claims that there is a common denominator between criminals and artists-- so much so that one must considerwhether one does not have the right to account all great men evil? This claim is at once infuriating and outrageous, yet at the same time presents us with an opportunity to re-set, as it were, our ideas about the criminal mind. Second, and more relevant for the legal context, Nietzsche altogether rejects the concepts of responsibility and guilt and therefore criticises the received procedures of judgement and punishment. Index Terms - Nietzsche, The criminal, Strong person, Crime

Type : Research paper

Published : Volume-4,Issue-4

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