Questions for Paper
1. According to Robert Solomon, what are the three features that distinguish romantic love from other forms of love? Why does Solomon think that it is wrong and misleading to call love a feeling?
2. Explain what the Look of the Other is for Jean-Paul Sartre, and how this look alienates us. How is romantic love supposed to offer us a refuge from this Look?
3. What does Aristotle mean when he says that virtue is a mean between two extremes of emotion? How is this related to his view that virtue is essential for living a flourishing life in a human community?
4. What does Sartre mean when he states that "existence precedes essence"? How does this statement support his view that human beings are radically free? How does this freedom lead to bad faith?