Does the theory of alienation

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I. Does the theory of "alienation" offer an adequate ontological account of our rational self-interest?

II.

(a) What is the theory of alienation? define it and illuminate it by appeal to experiences from everyday life.

(b) What is an "ontological" theory? Define it and illuminate it be appeal to experiences from everyday life.

(c) Keeping in mind that the probelm is not to claim that "alienation" is the only backdrop to the human condition to account for "why" we are rationally self-interested, does the theory of "alienation" offer an adequate ontological account? If so, how? If not, what aspects of our lives are not adequately accounted for by it?

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