Round 11: Tossup 20

Richard Rorty’s claim that this concept becomes morally dubious after reading Sigmund Freud is discussed in a David Velleman paper. The “Quality View” of this concept has led to the “trading-up” objection discussed by Rosalind Chaplin and Adam Smith. In a book subtitled “New Visions,” bell hooks argues this concept is something that we must choose, (10[1])rather than something that simply happens to us. According (-5[1])to a Platonic dialogue, this concept (10[1])arose after the original, powerful, and round race of humans were punished for (10[1])climbing Mount Olympus. Diotima of Mantinea teaches Socrates about the true nature of this concept in that dialogue (10[1])that imagines it as the desire for the other half. For 10 points, Plato’s dialogue Symposium discusses what concept, which Greeks variously called philia, agape (“ah-GAH-pay”), and eros? ■END■

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