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Freedom to Live, Chapter 2, Sec 2, A-C

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  1. When is a thing good?

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  1. What does Hartman say has become pragmatic necessity for our survival?

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  1. When is a person good?

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  1. Why does Hartman say a person is a million things?

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  1. What does Hartman mean when he says I am morally good if I am as I am?

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  1. What are 7 characteristics that describe “I” when I am as I am?

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  1. Why is being your Self a difficult thing to achieve?

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  1. Why does Harman say most of us are not our Selves?

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  1. What are the three S’s of our Personality?

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  1. Which S is “infinite?”

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  1. Which S is “being seen as just a number or a label?”

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  1. Which S is “ interacting with others and dealing with money and material things?”

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  1. Would you like to be like Hartman’s maid, Maria? Why do you say that?

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  1. What does Hartman mean when he says that if you are not aware of your Self, you live only a little?

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  1. Why does Hartman suggest it’s good to “get away from it all” on vacations?

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  1. What does Hartman mean when he says “your humble Being is what makes dogs lick you?”

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Extra credit (optional): Taken from Chapter 2 Section 1

  1. What is the question that began to put meaning into Hartman’s life?

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  1. If this question could be answered, what did Hartman think could possibly happen?

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  1. If we could recognize human values as surely and sensitively as material values, what three things could happen?

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  1. What did Hartman say there was no other alternative for?

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  1. Why did Hartman say law is like science?

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  1. What did the Remer case show?

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  1. Did Hartman say that law is no good? Why do you say that?

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  1. What did Hartman mean when he said that “natural science has changed the way we live so much that Julius Caesar or Christopher Columbus would not understand it, but Jesus Christ would find us little changed?”

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