philosophy

Thomas Hobbes and John Locke are just two examples of social contract moralists

  Rather than living in chaos, danger, and the hostility of our neighbors, we find ways to live together. It isn’t easy, but can we avoid doing so? If everybody has self-interest in their own welfare and safety, then everybody also has self-interest in the welfare and safety of others. Self-interest involves community interest, and …

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Plato’s Republic.

Although Socrates never wrote anything, his ideas were captured and communicated by his student, Plato. You have already read a selection from Plato’s Republic. Also consider the document “The Defense of Socrates,” (https://www.gutenberg.org/files/13726/13726-h/13726-h.htm) in which Socrates defends himself when he is on trial for his life before the Athenian assembly. How do these documents trace …

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Philosophy of Love

  Discussion Question 1: The Bridge Experiment Review the results of the bridge experiment. Is there a difference between how much in love the research participants feel in dangerous and non-dangerous situations? Why is there a difference (if any)?    

Philosophy of Love

  Discussion Question 1: The Bridge Experiment Review the results of the bridge experiment. Is there a difference between how much in love the research participants feel in dangerous and non-dangerous situations? Why is there a difference (if any)?    

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