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Learning Activity 4

Q Learning Activity 4 3333 unread replies.4949 replies. Learning Activity 4: Answer one of the following questions below. Comment on 1 classmate after completing your own. Your post must consist of at least 250 words. You must comment on 2 classmates. Comments should consist of at least 4-5 sentences. You will have until 11:59 pm on March 20, 2022 to complete this assignment. 1. How do the works of Nietzsche and Vonnegut offer a critique of equality? 2. Discuss Plato's Allegory of the Cave and explain what it teaches us about the process of gaining enlightenment.

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1) Friedrich Nietzsche and Kurt Vonnegut offered a critique of equality by viewing the pursuit of equality as harmful rather than seeing equality as a desirable political goal for individuals and government perceived by Aristotle, Thomas Jefferson, Tecumseh, and Mendes. In Nietzsche's writings, he believed that equality boils down to "slave morality" to serve the interest of the weak and "master morality," which is to serve the strong and praise the attributes of strength. In contrast with Nietzsche's writings, Kurt Vonnegut's story, rather than comparing equality to religion, and slave-master "morality." Vonnegut's story gave readers a visual of how unusual and restraining it would be to live in a world that required everyone to be equal in all aspects, such as physical strength and intellect. Plato's Allegory of the Cave has many interpretations depending on each individual's own perspective.