Work is the process of man relating to nature, the creativity of man through nature and also through his own being. ... Yes, these things are useless and would not work if human beings don't exist. ... Nature without man is without use. Nature does not make any sense without man.... Man without nature should still be man but nature without man should be nothing and pointless. ...
This leads to estrangement from fellow human beings and estrangement from one's essential human nature. ... Abraham showed that one can be forced to disregard ethics if God commands it, which is the paradoxical nature of religion. He saw that God can accomplish what to the human mind is absurd, and by having faith in the absurd, one can recover what was lost. ... Instead of seeing scientific knowledge as the means of human redemption, he regarded it as the greatest obstacle to redemption. ... Instead of seeking to make God and Christian faith perfectly intelligible he sought to emphasize ...
Commodities are simply objects that satisfy human needs and wants. ... "The species-character of man is his consciousness of being in a practical-organic relationship with the totality of nature. ... " (Santilli, 1973) For human beings, work amounts to a life purpose. The difference between humans and animals is unlike animals, humans have a consciousness and a will. ... Socialism for Marx meant a social order to permit man to feel recognized for his work, overcoming the unpleasant expectations of labor, humanization of nature and allowing man to no longer feel like strangers a...
One thing that I believe both Marx and Weber didn't look at is the fact that whatever the basis for our means of producing life's necessities, whether it be capitalism or communism, is that we are by nature animals that are driven to survive. We are driven by our base nature to acquire what ever it is that we need to survive and pass on our genes to the next generation. The fear of death, the fear of not finding a mate, the fear of change, the fear of not having what is wanted or needed are strong forces which I believe, unless something drastic happens to change the human mindset,...
More importantly, the study of political economy analyzes the distribution of power and wealth and the nature of the state. ... In Leviathan, Hobbes explicitly sets out his moral and political philosophy with regard to human nature, the state of nature and an absolute sovereign in whom the power of the people is invested. ... Hobbes finds that men are competitive, defiant and desire to be glorified, and it is the resultant self-interested acts of men that set out the foundations upon which Hobbes' vision of the state of nature is constructed. ... If humans are irrational, and sovereignty ...
Locke equated "the law of nature" with "the rule of morals." He wrote of a God who "show[ed] Himself to us as present everywhere, exhibiting Himself to the eyes of men in the regular course of nature." ... Whatsoever then he removes out of the State that Nature hath provided and left it in mixed his labour with, and joined to do it something that is his own, and thereby makes it his property." ... By virtue of recognizing these God-given rights and laws of nature, through exercising dominion over oneself with regard to the rights of others, societies would benefit greatly in sustaining ci...
They both have an interesting vision on the effect capitalism will have on the human spirit. ... According to Marx "free, conscious activity" is man's true nature but it is suppressed because the division of labor has separated him from his freedom of creativity. ... Weber describes this entity as an iron cage, which we must serve separating us, like Marx believed, from our true nature as free and creative beings. ... Weber was uncertain about the end of capitalism but for the most part he believed the nature of capitalism has become preordained knowledge and would continue because its...
He joined a group of young men, the Doctors Club, who believed that the key to understanding human nature and history was in Hegal's approach to philosophy. ... In order for it to work you must be able to change human character. Humans by nature are greedy and ambitious. As long as humans retain these two traits socialism will never work. ...
We exist in a system that prioritizes power and profit over human life and encourages the continuance of war, a corrupt dynamic between our bureaucracies and capitalism known as the military-industrial complex. ... It embodies and encourages an "I-it" culture of impersonal materialism that obstructs the path to peace by devaluating human life. ... This is a major point for Heller's criticism; he reveals the true nature of this exploiting mindset through Yossarian, who points out "Can't you understand that we're fighting a war? ... Heller uses Milo to criticize th...
Marxism and Economic Theory Human relationships have always been dynamic. Change and adaptability have gone hand in hand with the passage of time for human society. ... A government must be dynamic in its nature reflecting the change in society. ... Using history, logic and the dynamic nature of humankind as guidelines, Carl Marx attempts to map out a sequence of events which will eventually lead to utopia (anarchy). ...
Commodities are defined as an object outside of us, a thing that by its properties satisfies human wants of some sort or another (Miliband, R. 243). ... Marx argued that what commodities all have in common is the fact that they are all products of human labor. It is human labor that has created them and it is the amount of human labor that goes into them that determines value. ...
Such a system of ownership is both collective and individual in nature. ... The personally empowering and cooperative nature of socialist ownership underpins similar changes in other aspects of life. Socialism means far healthier individuals and human relationships. ...
Early Capitalism and Economic Thinking Throughout the ages societies have struggled to find the perfect economic system. While economists may still be searching, countries like the U.S. have settled for capitalism. However, in the mid-1800s, when capitalism was still struggling to earn its wings,...
When Sinclair describes the thousands of people waiting to just get a chance at employment, he deciphers the brutal nature of the packing yards. ... Another theme used by Sinclair is that industrial capitalism is an efficient, impersonal killing machine that has absolutely no regard for human life. ... The famous novelist and fellow Socialist Jack London hailed the book and wrote: "It depicts what our country really is, the home of oppression and injustice, a nightmare of misery, an inferno of suffering, a human hell, a jungle of wild beasts . . . ...
Competing with Smith, Means Everyone Wins " I see trees of green, red roses too, I see them bloom, for me and you, And I think to myself what a wonderful world."" This excerpt from a popular song by Louis Armstrong describes an environment of organic beauty. In which, surrounded by the simplistic s...
While Smith and Marx supported completely different approaches to achieve these ends, neither of their suggested systems proved to be totally infallible.Adam Smith believed that people are by nature selfish. ... Human beings do not care about other but will benefit others by their own contribution to the economy. ...
