General Philosophy 2

Question 1

What is social contract theory?

Answer 1

Social contract theory, nearly as old as philosophy itself, is the view that persons’ moral and/or political obligations are dependent upon a contract or agreement among them to form the society in which they live. S

Question 2

Henry Kissinger Realism

Answer 2

All nations, regardless of regime, struggle for power.

Question 3

What is the ethos according to William Desmond?

Answer 3

The ethos can be defined as the ontological matrix of value at any given time.

Question 4

What does the seduction scene in Plato’s symposium question?

Answer 4

The nature of desire : against where seduction is this ornament or adornment which draws us to seek deeper.
Thus the connection of Socrates to the Silenus “staute with which to offer gifts”
Like an Ancient Greek ring box.
The agalma is the jewel inside.

Question 5

Heteronomy

Answer 5

I. The sense of Kantian philosophy one is here acting in self interest opposed to moral imperative

Question 6

Sapir-Whorf hypothesis

Answer 6

If your language doesn’t include something (like numbers or abstractions) then you can’t think along those lines.

Question 7

What does Kant mean by “Inclination”

Answer 7

“inclination” refers to a psychological predisposition or tendency towards certain actions or behaviors.