Books by Mark Alfano

The first collection to present a comprehensive overview the philosophy of humility, whilst also covering important interdisciplinary topics. Essential reading for students and researchers in ethics, epistemology, political philosophy, and philosophy of mind and psychology.

This highly innovative book employs digital corpus analysis and visualization to allow us to interpret and systematize Nietzsche and his work. The book shows how virtues emerge from instincts and explores five essential Nietzschean virtues: curiosity, courage, sense of humor, and contemptuousness both toward oneself and toward one's society.

Moral psychology is the systematic inquiry into how morality works, when it does work, and breaks down when it doesn't work. In this comprehensive new textbook, Mark Alfano outlines the five central concepts in the study of moral psychology: agency, patiency, sociality, temporality, and reflexivity.