1.  Discuss Wilson’s ideas about the social origin of fairness.
2.  Do you believe children are born basically fair or basically selfish?  Explain.
3.  Compare and contrast Rousseau’s basic ideas on society and justice with those of Freud.
4.  Can Wilson’s ideas about innate fairness and justice be reconciled with what we see in Night And Fog?
5.  Would the two characters in Blind have made good Nazi German citizens?  Why or why not?
6.  Are most people more like the two in Blind or less like them?  Explain.
7.  Discuss Rousseau’s idea of “moral freedom under the law.”

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Wilson’s ideas about ediquette

1.  Discuss Wilson’s ideas about ediquette as a precursor or form of morality.
2.  Do you believe there is a biological component to self control—or a lack thereof?  Explain.
3.  In what ways does Emerson view Nature as the teacher of discipline and self control?
4.  Is religion and its rituals necessary—if not for every individual, then for every society—in order for
there to be discipline, self-control and moral order?  Why or why not?
5.  Is religion not a form of self-control but, as Marx insisted, a way of being controlled?  Why or why not?
6.  Briefly discuss Keen’s view of what religion should be.