16 Aug 11, 10:02AM
"An inescapable, pervasive culture of fear leads to a "fight or flight response" in the populace which in effect has moved American society into an "everything is either black or white" mindset. Discuss."
I won't write the answer for you, but here are some ideas:
1. mention the obvious psychological impact of the herd mentality
2. mention the general lesser intelligence and gullibility of the American populace (and why this is so)
3. mention why pursuing material gains (at least via direct and utterly selfish ways) has overcome much of the American populace (why/when did this start?)
4. compare American philosophy to other Western cultures philosophy, as well as Asian philosophy (see Rorty, Searle, and Davidson)
5. mention the American government's ideological influences on the populace over the time period that they were instated; how did the populace change under Reagan, for example, to Bush?
I won't write the answer for you, but here are some ideas:
1. mention the obvious psychological impact of the herd mentality
2. mention the general lesser intelligence and gullibility of the American populace (and why this is so)
3. mention why pursuing material gains (at least via direct and utterly selfish ways) has overcome much of the American populace (why/when did this start?)
4. compare American philosophy to other Western cultures philosophy, as well as Asian philosophy (see Rorty, Searle, and Davidson)
5. mention the American government's ideological influences on the populace over the time period that they were instated; how did the populace change under Reagan, for example, to Bush?