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1. After Plato, the next philosopher to turn his attention to the details of child-rearing was who?
2. What's the first step of human reason, according to Kant?
3. If we have hope for moral progress, what do we want for the next generation?
4. What was Orwell's nightmare?
5. What "perfidious reversal leaves us permanently confused"?
6. What are you committed to, if you're committed to Enlightenment?
7. What is freedom, according to Rousseau and Kant?
5. What "perfidious reversal leaves us permanently confused"?
6. What are you committed to, if you're committed to Enlightenment?
7. What is freedom, according to Rousseau and Kant?
8. What's the key to whether or not we grow up?
Discussion Questions
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- Should philosophers pay more attention to child-rearing and parenting? 36
- What do you think Cicero meant by saying that philosophy is learning to die?
- Do you feel fully empowered to "choose your life's journey"? If not, what obstacles prevent that? 37
- In what ways do you think your parents' occupations influence the number of choices you'll be able to make in your life?
- If you've read 1984 and Brave New World, which do you find the more "seductive dystopia"? 39
- Are we confused about toys and dreams? 40
- Do others make the most important decisions for you? 41
- Do you "make a regular appointment with your body"? 42
- Do you trust anyone over 30? 45
- Is it "reasonable to expect justice and joy"? 49
- Are you "committed to Enlightenment"? 51
- Do the passions for glory and luxury make us wicked and miserable? 53
- What does it mean to say there are no atheists in foxholes? Is it true? 54
- Was Rousseau right about inequality and private property? 55
- Should philosophy be taught to children, so as to become thinking adults? 57
- Should children "yield to the commands of other people"? 61
- Should parents "let the child wail"?
- Are Rousseau and Kant right about the true definition of freedom? 62
- Is Rousseau right about desire? 65
- Did Rousseau's abandonment of his children discredit his thoughts on child-rearing? 69 Or show him to be a hypocrite for saying no task in the world is more important than raising a child properly? 72
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1. What percentage of evangelicals believe "Jesus will return no later than he year 2050"?
2. Who's "the most prominent blame-the-victims horror-storyteller"?
3. How many Americans say they believe in the devil or demonic possession?
4. How many people in the U.K. said they have no religion?
5. What's the latest scholarly consensus about America's exceptional religiosity?
Hannah Ferreira H01
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1. What percentage of evangelicals believe "Jesus will return no later than he year 2050"?
58%
2. Who's "the most prominent blame-the-victims horror-storyteller"?
Pat Robertson - believes Hurricane Katrina, 9/11, etc. are divine punishment
3. How many Americans say they believe in the devil or demonic possession?
Between half and three quarters
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ReplyDeleteWhat was Orwell's nightmare?
George Orwell's nightmare was that there would be a future where the truth would be eclipsed.
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ReplyDeleteAfter Plato, the next philosopher to turn his attention to the details of child-rearing was who?
Jean Jacques Rousseau
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ReplyDeleteWhat is freedom, according to Rousseau and Kant?
Freedom is self-legislation to them, meaning a law or rule you impose on yourself.
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ReplyDeleteIn the U.K., in 1985, a third of the people said they had no religion at all. This number increased to half the population in 2012. I have been seeing more and more western countries move towards secularism.
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ReplyDeleteIf we have hope for moral progress, what do we want for the next generation?
"Leave aside technological progress: if we have any hope for moral progress, we want the next generation to be better than we are."
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ReplyDeleteThe latest scholarly consensus about America’s exceptional religiosity is an economic theory. Like in a market, religion is a product and the creation of a greater supply increases the demand. Religions provide a sense of security and give explanations for how the world came to be.
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ReplyDeleteIf you are committed to Enlightenment, you are committed to understanding the world, so you can improve it. I agree with this statement, and I really like this definition of Enlightenment. I like that Enlightenment can serve the community and not just be for self achievement and pride.
WGU 2. What's the first step of human reason, according to Kant? According to Kant, it is “the realization that human beings have the capacity to choose their life’s journey, unlike other animals, which are bound to just one.”
ReplyDeleteFantasyland 4. How many people in the U.K. said they have no religion? In 1985, a third of people said they had no religion, but in 2012 it was up by half.
ReplyDeleteFantasyland 5. What's the latest scholarly consensus about America's exceptional religiosity? It is an economic theory, since “all forms of religion are products in a marketplace,” “our exceptional free marketism has produced more supply and therefore generated more demand.”
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ReplyDeleteWGU #3- If we hope for moral progress, we want the next generatio to be better than ourselves
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ReplyDelete1. What percentage of evangelicals believe "Jesus will return no later than the year 2050"?
58 percent of evangelicals believe that Jesus will return no later than the year 2050.
2.How many Americans say they believe in the devil or demonic possession?
Between half ands three-quarters of all Americans believe in the devil or demonic possession.
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2.What's the first step of human reason, according to Kant?
The first step of human reason is realizing that humans are able to choose their life's journey.
6.What are you committed to, if you're committed to Enlightenment?
If you are committed to Enlightenment than you are committed to understanding the world in order to improve it.
Adriana Ramirez Speis WGU H03
ReplyDelete1. After Plato, the next philosopher to turn his attention to the details of child-rearing was who?
Rousseau was the next philosopher to turn his attention to the details of child-rearing after Plato.
2. What's the first step of human reason, according to Kant?
The first step of human reasoning is to realize we as humans, unlike animals, have many choices and options for how to live this life.
6. What are you committed to, if you're committed to Enlightenment?
A commitment to enlightenment requires a commitment to understanding the world and improving it.
Tessa Wallace H03
ReplyDelete1. the next philosopher after Plato to turn his attention to the details of child rearing was Jean Jacques Rousseau.
2. the first step of humane reasoning according to Kant is that we have the ability and capacity to choose how we live our life unlike animals which can’t and are not able to choose the way they live the same way humans do.