read the pdf and answer these questions (page numbers are listed next to
How does Elshtain define “discrimination”? Is this a positive or negative quality
How are “pre-judice” and “judgment” two very different human possibilities?
What does Elshtain mean to state that judging is a phenomenon that belongs to all within a community?
How does Elshtain define “judging”?
“calling things by their right names”
“preeminent political faculty” (Arendt)
“thinking the particular” (Kant/Arendt,
Why does she remark that judging has been “in bad odor for some time in American culture?”
What does Elshtain mean to differentiate between “one
How does Mary Midgley understand Jesus’ words: “Judge not lest you be judged?”
Why does Tocqueville state that Democratic despotism would “degrade men rather than torment them?”
