PLSI 111: Quiz 4 – Rousseau Question and answers rated A+
Political dimensions of love and property in TMOV - correct answer Love is a counter to the concept of fear as the basis of political society. We run away from what we fear and seek security in the things we love. Inclination (or love...
PLSI 111: Quiz 4 – Rousseau Question
and answers rated A+
Political dimensions of love and property in TMOV - correct answer ✔Love is
a counter to the concept of fear as the basis of political society. We run away
from what we fear and seek security in the things we love. Inclination (or love)
is why people come together to form political societies; e.g. for jobs and
money, but comfort and fondness is what makes people stay. Property
creates a conflict between self-interest and social good. Instead of focusing on
property and the acquisition of wealth, Shakespeare emphasizes love and
understanding what is truly valuable in one another and society as a whole.
Meaning of the 3 caskets and their engravings - correct answer ✔*Gold -
who chooseth me shall gain what many men desire.* Gold represents the love
of appearances, and Lorenzo desires Jessica only for her exoticism. ;
*SIlver - who chooseth me shall get as much as he deserves.* Silver
represents the love of medium of exchange, and money-lending and venture
capitalism make people detached from one another.
*Lead - who chooseth me must give hazard and all that he hath.* Lead
represents the love of what's beneath the exterior, and thus Portia and
Bassanio find what they need in each other.
Major mistake of previous social contract theories - correct answer ✔Hobbes
and Locke both used modern human beings as their standard when they
claimed they were looking at the natural man. *They assumed that the
inhabitants of the state of nature would look like the civilized people around
us.* Rousseau says, instead, that they would be almost unrecognizable and
look more like animals than human beings. They would have different senses
and passions.
Motivation of people in the state of nature - correct answer ✔The primary
motivations of people in the state of nature are *the desire to preserve oneself
and an aversion of suffering or death of the people around them*. They have
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