Answer any 7 of the 9 questions. Answer an 8th question for extra credit. Thoughtfully and thoroughly answer the questions.
Comment on 2 of your peers posts. Focus on questions you didn’t answer or answered differently. Make sure your comments are thoughtful, detailed, and include explanation, esp. concerning #’s 7, 8, & 9
Your first post is due Saturday 7/24 (answer at least 3-4 questions) and the full discussion is due on Sunday, 7/25
Explain Sartres paper knife vs. flint analogy on meaning. What is he trying to say about our meaning or essence?
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BOOK READING THE MONSTERS’ MONSTER (Links to an external site.)
BOOK READING THE MONSTERS’ MONSTER
How does the newly created Monster in the book demonstrate Sartres argument? Explain.
Sartre argues that losing pre-determined meaning is not as bad as it may seem. He thinks that being responsible for creating our own meaning, is not only a positive thing, but in some cases determining our own meaning may be better than having given meaning. How does the Monster story demonstrate this?
Read: Sartre – Bad Faith.pdf download
How would you describe bad faith? Come up with your own example of someone acting in bad faith.
Re-read the selection in the reading from Being and Nothingness.
How does the homosexual in this situation demonstrate bad faith? (Please remember this was written in 1943. Sartre is not judging homosexuality, rather he is judging this homosexual for being in Bad Faith.)
Re-read the selection from Portrait of the Anti-Semite.
Why does Sartre say that the anti-Semite is not afraid of the Jews, but rather, is afraid of himself, his conscience, his instincts, of his responsibilities, of solitude, of change, of society, and the world; of everything except the Jews? Explain your answer. Do you agree?
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