S/P/32. Guilt, Sin and the Ascetic Priest in ËOn the Genealogy of Morality

This paper gives a chronological thread to the often confusing or contradictory narrative of Nietzsche in 'The Genealogy of Morality' on the subjects of guilt, sin, Christianity and what he calls the ascetic priest. It deals with how Nietzsche accounts for the emergence of guilt and the effects it has on us as individuals and as a society. Subjects also looked at are the relationship between debtor and creditor, punishment, sin, the creation of God and Christianity and their ambiguous relation to our lives, and ascetic/ spiritual ideals.