Tips for relating diplomacy to college teaching?

[odysseusuessydo]

Hey all! I'm relatively new to this site but I really love it so far. I was wondering, does anyone have any tips for using Diplomacy in class for college students? More specifically, does anyone have any suggestions for relating it to a philosophy class?

Thank you!

[Zosimus]

Plato and Rhetoric as expressed through Diplomacy
Machiavelli - the Prince

Diplomacy as applied marketing

[Cardlinger]

Zosimus has nailed the big ones in rhetoric and self-interest.

In terms of the main branches of philosophy, the obvious few are
Ethics (especially of actions and motivation)
Logic (in conveying of orders and actions)
Political Philosophy (in interaction)

Less so Metaphysics, Epistemology and Aesthetics, but I suppose you could argue these fit within Diplomacy too. Then you can get right down into philosophy of the mind, of language, of education, of history...

If you can convince an opponent of Stoicism (our own suffering is caused by an error on one's own judgement) you may go some way to getting them to go along with you! Also, if you're not just going Classics then Sun Tzu as a philosophical text and its relations to diplomacy are obvious.

Best,
Cardlinger

[odysseusuessydo]

Thank you for this! I really do appreciate it.