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

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