Monday, December 26, 2016

Study Questions for Revolutions: those left out

1. Why does Wollstonecraft think women and soldiers are alike?

2. In what sense does Wollstonecraft argue that men and women should be treated alike? And in what sense should they be treated differently?

3. Today there is an enormous industry devoted to making products and providing services to make women attractive. What would Wollstonecraft say?

4. How does slavery as described by Douglass compare with the inequalities analyzed by Rousseau in his Discourse?

5. Douglass inveighs against slavery in the US. Where does Aristotle’s justification of slavery fit into this dialogue?

Application: What steps in current US education should be taken to realize Wollstonecraft’s goals?


Application: Is ‘affirmative action’ (laws that all universities and agencies) to make special standards for admitting or hiring) steps toward the demands that either Wollstonecraft or Douglass made?

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