Round 9: 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. (10[1])According to a Platonic dialogue, this concept arose after the original, powerful, (-5[1])and round race of humans were punished for (-5[1])climbing Mount Olympus. (10[1])Diotima (-5[1])of (-5[1])Mantinea teaches Socrates about the true nature of this concept in that dialogue that imagines it as the desire for the other half. For (10[1])10 points, Plato’s dialogue Symposium discusses what concept, which Greeks variously called philia, (10[1])agape (“ah-GAH-pay”), and eros? (10[1])■END■ (10[3])

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