Sound Bite By Thomas Wolfe Nussbaum Summary
1. Why does Nussbaum think that democracy needs the humanities? Explain what she thinks the humanities do.
Nussbaum believes that democracy's need to have humanities because they promote criticial thinking, promotes world history through other cultures and allow for us to cultivate our imagination so we can see the wrold from the eyes of someone different.
2. What is the difference between ‘sound bites’ and the way that Socrates (an ancient Greek philosopher) argued? Why does Nussbaum think argument is necessary in a democracy? From what I could depict of how Nussbaum used the term “sound bite” was, when we as people tend to argue or express our own opinon, we discredit the other or belittle their view so that we can feel as though we won.
Nussbaum believes that democracy's need to have humanities because they promote criticial thinking, promotes world history through other cultures and allow for us to cultivate our imagination so we can see the wrold from the eyes of someone different.
2. What is the difference between ‘sound bites’ and the way that Socrates (an ancient Greek philosopher) argued? Why does Nussbaum think argument is necessary in a democracy? From what I could depict of how Nussbaum used the term “sound bite” was, when we as people tend to argue or express our own opinon, we discredit the other or belittle their view so that we can feel as though we won.