Happiness beyond good and evil, Hernandez Iglesias (2022)

Philosophy and cinema find a new meeting point through the figure of Hannibal Lecter. The protagonist of a multitude of audiovisual productions and narratives based on real events, this psychiatrist puts forward the hypothesis of a concept of happiness that goes beyond good and evil. From the point of view of Nietzsche's philosophy, the possibility of moral autonomy is underlined, which makes us contemplate this anthropophagist as a candidate who fulfills the requirements and features of Nietzsche's superman. The ethical criticisms and reticence are manifest for a thought that is close, among others, to traditional Christian and Platonic morality. Nevertheless, throughout the pages of the book under review, we can see how the need for a deployment of the will to power from individuality is persevered with. Thus, despite the discordant voices, the importance of an understanding of good and evil will be highlighted, which will be subordinated to a happiness linked to praxis.