English

Schwartz

You Are the Philosopher:

Opinion Survey

For each item below, first circle the level of your agreement with the statement (strongly agree, agree, not sure, disagree, strongly disagree).  Then journal for a while about why you agree, don’t agree, or aren’t sure, explaining your response.

1) People are born totally innocent and good.  We are taught hate and other bad behaviors.

Strongly Agree            Agree              Not Sure          Disagree          Strongly Disagree

2) Civilization (the rules by which we live, the orderly way we behave, our customs) is just restrictive rules; it’s really better to be totally free and wild.

Strongly Agree            Agree              Not Sure          Disagree          Strongly Disagree

3) Might equals right; that is, whoever is strongest should go ahead and be in charge and lead others.

Strongly Agree            Agree              Not Sure          Disagree          Strongly Disagree

4) Right equals might; that is, people need to use their intelligence and think about what the right thing to do is, and the people who do that will be able to lead everyone.

Strongly Agree            Agree              Not Sure          Disagree          Strongly Disagree

5) All people have good and bad within them; they can either let out the bad or fight to be good, and sometimes their circumstances can determine how they behave.

Strongly Agree            Agree              Not Sure          Disagree          Strongly Disagree