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Question

explain:
the philosophy of the western world is one of ego and will.

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Answer 1

I would interpret this to mean that Western countries see Planet Earth as something that can bend to their will. They believe they can change the world to suit them. Other cultures don't have this belief. They don't try to make the world suit their needs, they just try to exist under the confines of the world the way it is. Primitive agrarian countries don't move mountains and build superhighways. They don't try to change the environment around them.

The Western world has a confident ego, and believes it can transform the planet for the better, or at least get the most out of it.

This song by RUSH called "New World Man" may give you some other ideas. The song is actually a commentary on America, not Western Europe.

He's a rebel and a runner
He's a signal turning green
He's a restless young romantic
Wants to run the big machine

He's got a problem with his poisons
But you know he'll find a cure
He's cleaning up his systems
To keep his nature pure

Learning to match the beat of the Old World man
Learning to catch the heat of the Third World man

He's got to make his own mistakes
And learn to mend the mess he makes
He's old enough to know what's right
But young enough not to choose it
He's noble enough to win the world
But weak enough to lose it -

He's a New World man...

He's a radio receiver
Tuned to factories and farms
He's a writer and arranger
And a young boy bearing arms

He's got a problem with his power
With weapons on patrol
He's got to walk a fine line
And keep his self-control

Trying to save the day for the Old World man
Trying to pave the way for the Third World man

He's not concerned with yesterday
He knows constant change is here today
He's noble enough to know what's right
But weak enough not to choose it
He's wise enough to win the world
But fool enough to lose it -

He's a New World man...

Answer 2

Western cultures have "advanced" on the principals of domination -- specifically on an individual level. I.e., the philosophy goes: that the individual can accomplish much on their own. This is the "ego" part of the question. Contrast this to Eastern history where people working in true teams accomplished for the whole of the society. When you look at the meager numbers of people in each separate Western country, you can begin to see how each person (on average) can see that they themselves can truly make an individual, significant difference in their world. The large numbers of people in Eastern nations, combined with an historical lack of democracy, is itself a large part of what maintains (reduces) the ego of individuals in the East -- at least to the extent that they could be individually significant to the rest of society or to the world.

The second part of the question revolves around the result of the ego or around the idea of a reward: What will be gained by individual ego? If the action of acting alone benefits the actor, then it becomes the impetus for the action -- the means for the "way," which gives rise to the saying, "where there is a will, there is a way." In the Western cultures, if there is a way (and if ego or a reward is present) then there is a catalyst for the "will."

Answer 3

Simple.

The western world states that your ego does not want you to fail this assignment, even though you clearly lack the will to do any real work to actually succeed.