Round 4: 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 (10[1])must 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 were punished for climbing (10[1])Mount Olympus. (-5[1])Diotima of Mantinea teaches Socrates (-5[1])about the true nature of this concept in that dialogue that imagines it as the desire for the other half. (10[1])For (10[1])10 points, (10[2])Plato’s dialogue Symposium discusses what concept, which Greeks variously called philia, agape (“ah-GAH-pay”), and eros? ■END■ (10[2])

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