PHIL 259 Lecture 9: Nozick

• School: University of Calgary
• Department: Philosophy
• Course: PHIL 259
• Professor: David Boutland

Document Summary

A new identity- special alertness, division of labour, internal dialogue. Their pain becomes your pain, their joy becomes your joy, when something good or bad happens to them, it happens to you. You are not completely losing your individuality, but it is altered. Special alertness- more concerned for their safety than your own. Division of labour- codependence- what you lack, they make up. Men- (cid:862)(cid:449)e(cid:863) as a(cid:374) i(cid:373)porta(cid:374)t aspe(cid:272)t of (cid:862)(cid:373)e(cid:863) Women- (cid:862)(cid:373)e(cid:863) as a(cid:374) i(cid:373)porta(cid:374)t part of (cid:862)(cid:449)e(cid:863) Woman changing last name (cid:862)ea(cid:272)h perso(cid:374) delights i(cid:374) the other, a(cid:374)d also i(cid:374) gi(cid:448)i(cid:374)g delights(cid:863) Contrast to socrates/ diotima- socrates loves the traits within the whole. The boring economic explanation- better to invest in current we, fix relationship, than to start (cid:374)e(cid:449) relatio(cid:374)ship a(cid:374)d (cid:272)reate (cid:374)e(cid:449) (cid:862)(cid:449)e(cid:863) Specialization- we become specialists in meeting the needs of the other person.