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The Philosophy of Rick and Morty 10/25 #6
For our report, we will be discussing the philosophy behind the popular AdultSwim show, Rick and Morty. We will be going over a general overview of the show and its philosophy as well as the philosophy behind a couple specific aspects of the show. For our presentation, you don’t need to watch or read anything, as we will be discussing it all in our report. However, if you’re interested feel free to watch a couple episodes.
Quiz:
- What relationship is Rick to Morty?
- What idea, described by American philosopher Eugene Thacker, does the show embody?
- Name one way the show embodies existentialism.
- Name two philosophers who are considered nihilists or absurdists.
- What is the difference between active nihilism and passive nihilism?
- What parable did Nietsche use to explain science's devaluation of Christianity?
- What did Camus dislike in Sartre and Dostoyevsky's stories?
- Was Dostoyevsky an absurdist?
- What is existentialism?
Discussion Questions:
- Do you think there is a possibility of there being alternate dimensions/universes/realities in this world? If so, does your value as a human change?
- "Nobody exists on purpose. Nobody belongs anywhere. Everybody's gonna die." -Morty. Do you agree?
- If you could travel between realities at will, would you treat others as replaceable like Rick does?
- Why would anyone want or not want to believe there's meaning in life?
1. Do you think that there is a possibility of there being alternate dimensions/ universes, etc.? If so how does your value change as a human?
ReplyDeleteI think that there is definitely a possibility. I can't really say anything bc I've not looked into it much but I'd like to think there is. That would be cool. I don't think our values as humans change any more or less just bc there are more creatures involved but maybe in a different dimension you could be someone completely different but still not any more meaningful then the next. It's a interesting thing to think about !
2."no one exists on purpose. Nobody belongs anywhere.everybodys gonna die" do you agree?
I do agree. I don't believe that anybody has a purpose when they first are born. I think that anyone can go down any path at any time and it be exactly where they're supposed to be. We all obviously are going to die so there's really not a purpose why you were born but you can make it purposeful still.
Someone might want to believe there is no meaning in life to give themselves excuses for no consequences.
ReplyDeleteIf I could travel between realities would I treat others like rick does?
I would like to say that I wouldn't but maybe if it was so easy to change realities so often it would maybe become normal for me to not really care about an individual if I knew there were multiples of that same person.