Assignment

In a minimum of 300 words, write a dialogue between two theorists from your assigned Lesson 3 readings. The topic of the dialogue is “What does it mean to be free?” Each of your chosen theorists should address this topic from a different philosophical perspective.

Select two of the perspectives below to use in your dialogue:

• The superman view – Nietzsche
• The psychoanalytic view – Freud
• The behaviorist view – Skinner and Mead
• The existentialist view – Sartre 
• The influence of gender on the development of personal identity – de Beauvoir
• The influence of race on the development of personal identity – Zack

(For an example of a dialogue, review Schopenhauer’s:  A Dialogue on Immortality, pp. 29-30)

Finally, write a concluding paragraph about which perspective aligns most closely to your own personal theory of human nature and personal identity.