writing-prompts

there is no word requirement, please just answer the question referencing the readings as fully as possible:

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1- Pretend you are writing a letter to a relative. Explain to your relative Nietzsche’s notion of bad conscience. Also tell this relative whether you agree or disagree with the notion and provide an example that support your perspective.

Reading:

Nietzsche, Genealogy of Morals 1st Essay sctns I-X

Nietzsche, Genealogy of Morals 2nd Essay sctns I-XI

Nietzsche, Genealogy of Morals 2nd Essay sctns XII-XXII

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2- In the preface to The Honor Code, Appiah writes “What were they thinking?” we ask about our ancestors, but we know that, a century hence, our descendents will ask the same of us….One day, people will find themselves thinking not just that an old practice was wrong and a new one right but that there was something shameful in the old ways.” (xvi-xvii)

What aspects of our current society/world do you think future generations will judge us for? What do you think will be needed to address/do away with these things that you we’d be judged for in the future.

Readings: Appiah, The Honor Code pgs Preface/ 3-48

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3- Each of the three chapters we read in the Honor Code focused on a country other than the United States. Provide a description of a moral revolution that has occurred in the United States (besides slavery) and account for the role that honor, honor world, honor practices, and/or national honor played in that revolution.

Readings: Appiah, The Honor Code pgs Preface/ 3-48

Appiah, The Honor Code pgs 61-98

Appiah, The Honor Code pgs139-172

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4- Do you agree or disagree with Calhoun’s assessment about the value of shame? What does her argument reveal about the relationship between shame and social power?

Readings: An Apology for Shame

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5- What lessons does the movie Avatar teach us about the relationship between power and morality?

Readings or to watch : Avatar 2009 (blue people)

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The readings are provided bellow

 

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