{"id":23645,"date":"2022-01-08T22:03:19","date_gmt":"2022-01-08T22:03:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/assignmenttutors.net\/blog\/philosophy-discussion-post-3-reading-homework-help\/"},"modified":"2022-01-08T22:03:19","modified_gmt":"2022-01-08T22:03:19","slug":"philosophy-discussion-post-3-reading-homework-help","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/assignmenttutors.net\/blog\/philosophy-discussion-post-3-reading-homework-help\/","title":{"rendered":"Philosophy discussion post 3 | Reading homework help"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><u>DIRECTIONS: You will submit a total of\u00a03<\/u><u><strong> separate posts<\/strong><\/u><u>\u00a0for this unit.<\/u><\/p>\n<p>1)\u00a0<strong>Answer\u00a0any\u00a0THREE\u00a0of \u00a0the nine questions listed below. You may pick three questions from the \u00a0same chapter or three questions from two different chapters. It&#8217;s \u00a0entirely up to you.<\/strong> <u>These three posts must have a minimum of 100 words each<\/u>.\u00a0Anything less will result in a grade of ZERO without the possibility of a make-up post. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0QUESTIONS: \u00a0<\/p>\n<p><u>Chapter 7: Nietzsche<\/u><\/p>\n<p>1. \u00a0If Nietzsche were alive today, would he describe the contemporary \u00a0United States as being governed by master morality or slave morality? \u00a0Explain, and be specific.<\/p>\n<p>2. \u00a0Do you agree with Nietzsche\u2019s claim that \u201cevery elevation of the type \u00a0\u2018man\u2019 has hitherto been the work of an aristocratic society and so it \u00a0will always be\u201d? Why or why not?<\/p>\n<p><u>Chapter 8: Ortega y Gasset<\/u><\/p>\n<p>3. Do you agree with Ortega\u2019s claim that we are (as of 1929, when he wrote <em>The Revolt of the Masses<\/em>) living in what he calls a <em>hyperdemocracy<\/em>? Explain.<\/p>\n<p>4. \u00a0Who exactly is the \u201c mass man\u201d according to Ortega? Do you agree with \u00a0his assertion that \u201cthe mass crushes everything different, everything \u00a0outstanding, excellent, individual, select, and choice\u201d? Is Ortega just a \u00a0petulant snob, or is he on to something? Explain.<\/p>\n<p><u>Chapter 9: Sartre<\/u><\/p>\n<p>5. \u00a0What does Sartre mean when he says \u201cexistence precedes essence\u201d? Do you \u00a0think this is a correct characterization of the human condition? Why or \u00a0why not?<\/p>\n<p>6. Do you agree that if \u201cGod does not exist, everything is permitted?\u201d Why or why not?<\/p>\n<p>7. \u00a0In what sense is existentialism empowering, and in what sense is it \u00a0burdensome, or even terrifying? Do you see yourself as an \u00a0existentialist? Why or why not? \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<u>Chapter 10: Theodore Dalrymple:<\/u> \u00a0\u00a01) \u00a0According to Dalrymple, what is the fundamental difference between \u00a0&#8220;depression&#8221; and &#8220;unhappiness&#8221;? Are you persuaded by his argument? Why \u00a0or why not? \u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 DIRECTIONS: You will submit a total of\u00a03 separate posts\u00a0for this unit. 1)\u00a0Answer\u00a0any\u00a0THREE\u00a0of \u00a0the nine questions listed below. You may pick three questions from the \u00a0same chapter or three questions from two different chapters. It&#8217;s \u00a0entirely up to you. These three posts must have a minimum of 100 words each.\u00a0Anything less will result in a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23645","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-education"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/assignmenttutors.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23645","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/assignmenttutors.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/assignmenttutors.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/assignmenttutors.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/assignmenttutors.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23645"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/assignmenttutors.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23645\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/assignmenttutors.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23645"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/assignmenttutors.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23645"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/assignmenttutors.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23645"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}