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