Prompt
Select one philosopher or school of philosophy fromColumn A and one philosopher or school of philosophy from Column B, andrespond to the following question:
In our first class session weexamined the concept of “political legitimacyâ€� as an issue that isaddressed implicitly or explicitly in the thought of every politicalphilosopher, as Socrates illustrated through his notion of the “noblelie.” We have observed that a philosopher’s estimation of the nature of“menâ€� (human nature) plays an important role in the noble myth he offersto legitimate the body politic. Describe, compare, and contrast theviews of human nature proffered by one theorist or philosophical schoolin Column A and another theorist or school of thought in Column B. Whatare the consequences of each thinker/school’s assessment of human naturefor the ideal polity each thinker prescribed? Conclude your essay bydescribing briefly the consequences of this assessment for eachschool’s/thinker’s view of the legitimacy of revolutionary politicalchange.
Column B
1. Xunzi
2. Han Feizi
3. The Daoists (Laozi & Zhuangzi)
Eachstudent must write a paper in response to one of the paper topicslisted below. Your paper should be 5 to 7 typewritten (using Times Roman12-point characters and margins of 1� on all four sides) double-spacedpages long (not counting the cover sheet), 1 and will be due no laterthan 11:59 p.m. PST on Sunday, February 19, 2023 by submission via theAssignments tab.
Be sure that your paper responds to the questionand contains copious references to readings assigned for the course. Alldirect quotations from the texts used in the course should be placed inquotation marks and cited using the short form of the short form ofauthor’s last name and page number in parentheses (e.g., Chan, p. xx.)and not footnotes at the bottom of the page. Paraphrased material orideas other than your own taken from the texts or from lectures mustalso be cited. Lectures notes should be cited as “Lecture, [January 9],2023,â€� and handouts should be cited by the title of the handout.) Sinceyou may not use or cite sources not assigned for this class, endnotes orfootnotes must not be used. Do not append a Works Cited Page. If youdo, your paper will be penalized 5 points.
1 Please number your pages, numbering the cover page “0�). Any pages beyond page 7 will be ignored.