According to Humanists, What Are the Real Self and the Ideal

question 23

Essay

According to humanists, what are the real self and the ideal self? What causes them to differ from one another?

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Definitions:

Appeal to Authority

A logical fallacy that occurs when someone argues that a claim is true simply because an expert or authority asserts it to be true, without further evidence.

Mechanic

A professional who applies technical knowledge to repair, maintain, and sometimes construct machinery, vehicles, or other mechanical systems.

Rain

Precipitation in the form of water droplets that falls from clouds in the sky to the earth's surface.

Ad Hominem

A fallacy that attacks the person making an argument rather than addressing the argument itself.