What is freedom? Why is it important? Is it an absolute or conditional value? In what sense is freedom necessary (or not necessary) for a good life? Your essay should clarify the meaning of freedom, distinguishing among the kinds of freedom (intrinsic, extrinsic, positive, negative, rational, emotional, capricious) while clarifying in what circumstances these forms of freedom are desirable or
undesirable.
What will be an ideal response?
?This is largely an expository essay aimed at helping students grasp the authors' argument that freedom means different things and has a conditional and not unconditional value. The last question requires taking a personal stand.
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
"Gilbert Ryle was a philosopher at Oxford, and most philosophers at Oxford are British. We may infer that he was British" is
A) a deductive argument B) an inductive argument C) not an argument at all
Education, for Plato, is
A) the art of putting the capacity of sight into the mind. B) the knowledge of how to put the capacity of reasoning into the soul. C) the art of imparting new information to people who are ignorant. D) the art of cultivating understanding of the good.
According to Plato, the levels of reality correspond to how many types of people?
A) 3 B) 5 C) 7 D) 4