PHIL 115 Lecture Notes - Interpersonal Relationship, Mass Society
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Answer 4 of 6 questions on the exam, 45 min/question. Each will have a passage from each book. Identify the author, then a detailed analysis of the passage. There is an upside of technology that does not need to be addressed. The downside: we don"t notice [context: 1951] the dangers of it. Technology in the 20th century: it has become a worldview, along with science. Though it serves our interests, technology comes at a high price. It limits freedom, but we don"t see it this way. Nazi death camps: the jews were dehumanized before being killed. They had to be degraded in their own eyes, not just in the eyes of the german soldiers. The individuals must abuse each other and conspire against each other. Nietzsche: the human being places extreme importance on his self- understanding. This desire to humiliate is nothing new: it is universal and non-temporal.
