Assignment

In a minimum of 300 words, write a dialogue between two theorists from your assigned Lesson 3 readings. The topic of the dialogue is "What does it mean to be free?" Each of your chosen theorists should address this topic from a different philosophical perspective.

Select two of the perspectives below to use in your dialogue:

• The superman view - Nietzsche
• The psychoanalytic view - Freud
• The behaviorist view - Skinner and Mead
• The existentialist view - Sartre
• The influence of gender on the development of personal identity - de Beauvoir
• The influence of race on the development of personal identity - Zack

(For an example of a dialogue, review Schopenhauer's: A Dialogue on Immortality, pp. 29-30)

Finally, write a concluding paragraph about which perspective aligns most closely to your own personal theory of human nature and personal identity.