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