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Watsuji Tetsuro's Rinrigaku by Watsuji Tetsuro - Test
  • 1. What is the central concept in Watsuji Tetsuro's Rinrigaku?
A) Divine command
B) Utilitarian calculation
C) Individual autonomy
D) Betweenness
  • 2. Watsuji's ethics primarily critiques which Western philosophical tradition?
A) Stoicism
B) Platonism
C) Existentialism
D) Pragmatism
  • 3. Watsuji's philosophy emphasizes the importance of:
A) Social context
B) Scientific progress
C) Personal freedom
D) Economic success
  • 4. Watsuji argues that ethics should be studied through:
A) Climate and culture
B) Mathematical formulas
C) Laboratory experiments
D) Biblical scripture
  • 5. What does Watsuji mean by 'ningen'?
A) Isolated individual
B) Human being in relationships
C) Superior human
D) Divine being
  • 6. How does Watsuji view the relationship between individual and society?
A) Individual is primary
B) Mutually constitutive
C) Society is oppressive
D) No relationship exists
  • 7. What does 'rinrigaku' literally mean?
A) Science of nature
B) Way of the warrior
C) Study of ethics
D) Art of government
  • 8. Which Western philosopher does Watsuji engage with most extensively?
A) Nietzsche
B) Heidegger
C) Kant
D) Aristotle
  • 9. Watsuji sees human beings as:
A) Purely individual
B) Both individual and social
C) Purely social
D) Neither individual nor social
  • 10. The primary focus of Rinrigaku is:
A) Human relationships
B) Economic systems
C) Aesthetic experience
D) Political power
  • 11. What Japanese term does Watsuji use to describe human existence?
A) Ningen
B) Kami
C) Wa
D) Bushido
  • 12. According to Watsuji, human beings are fundamentally:
A) Relational beings
B) Biological organisms
C) Economic agents
D) Isolated individuals
  • 13. Watsuji's approach combines ethics with what other field?
A) Physics
B) Phenomenology
C) Economics
D) Biology
  • 14. Watsuji's concept of 'betweenness' refers to:
A) The space between individuals
B) Time between events
C) Gap between theory and practice
D) Distance between cultures
  • 15. Watsuji's ethics emphasizes the importance of:
A) Wealth accumulation
B) Community
C) Scientific progress
D) Individual rights
  • 16. Watsuji's approach to ethics can be described as:
A) Virtue-based
B) Relational
C) Utilitarian
D) Deontological
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