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Watsuji Tetsuro's Rinrigaku by Watsuji Tetsuro
Contributed by: Henderson
  • 1. What is the central concept in Watsuji Tetsuro's Rinrigaku?
A) Betweenness
B) Individual autonomy
C) Divine command
D) Utilitarian calculation
  • 2. Watsuji's ethics primarily critiques which Western philosophical tradition?
A) Pragmatism
B) Existentialism
C) Stoicism
D) Platonism
  • 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) Laboratory experiments
B) Climate and culture
C) Mathematical formulas
D) Biblical scripture
  • 5. What does Watsuji mean by 'ningen'?
A) Isolated individual
B) Human being in relationships
C) Divine being
D) Superior human
  • 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) Art of government
B) Way of the warrior
C) Study of ethics
D) Science of nature
  • 8. Which Western philosopher does Watsuji engage with most extensively?
A) Heidegger
B) Aristotle
C) Nietzsche
D) Kant
  • 9. Watsuji sees human beings as:
A) Purely social
B) Both individual and social
C) Purely individual
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) Kami
B) Wa
C) Ningen
D) Bushido
  • 12. According to Watsuji, human beings are fundamentally:
A) Economic agents
B) Isolated individuals
C) Biological organisms
D) Relational beings
  • 13. Watsuji's approach combines ethics with what other field?
A) Biology
B) Physics
C) Phenomenology
D) Economics
  • 14. Watsuji's concept of 'betweenness' refers to:
A) Distance between cultures
B) Time between events
C) The space between individuals
D) Gap between theory and practice
  • 15. Watsuji's ethics emphasizes the importance of:
A) Community
B) Wealth accumulation
C) Scientific progress
D) Individual rights
  • 16. Watsuji's approach to ethics can be described as:
A) Virtue-based
B) Relational
C) Deontological
D) Utilitarian
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