Details Title: KarlMarx and John Stuart Mill Description: Karl marx and mill Total Flash Cards: 14 Created: 12/12/2008 12:06:58		New Users: To study from this flashcard set, or to create your own your own study flash cards, REGISTER HERE. Existing Users: CLICK HERE. Additional Philosophy Flashcards
Cards in this set: Term Communism Definition Machines produce, items shared equally freeing humans from work Term Beginning in a rural idiocy what happens....? Definition -Develop farming methods that give surplus -Towns emerge for surplus trading -People eventually live within the city by producing consumer goods -Cartels (guilds) are created, fix prices -The base (People with money) Controls what laws are made and shapes religion, art and culture Term What changes the guilds? Definition Some kind of massive upheaval like an increase in demand or something like that Term What happens when guilds are gone? Definition Extreme competition among producers. THey will try to reduce production costs and undercut others. Term When you choose to live in the city what happens? Definition You become a slave of demand Term Rule Utilitarian Philosophy Definition 1. If my action broke a rule, do the action that causes least amount of pain for all people relevant to the action Term Why is it false to say that all pain is of equal significance? Definition 1. Context of pain is critical 2. Ambitious people always face failure (Ambition is failure) Term What is the "Harm Principle" Definition People should be free to live however they want as long as in living their lives they don't cause pain to others Term Why is abiding by the harm principle desirable? Definition Because it will promote free development of individuality Term According to Mill, is humanity capable of progress? Definition Absolutely. Abilities and virtues can be actualized under the right conditions Term Why is human nature like an English garden? Definition It is amenable to improvement through effort Term What are some basic arguments against "On Liberty" Definition What exactly constitutes harm against others? Term What flaws within capitalism would eventually turn it against itself? Definition 1. Monopolies would develop because of competition 2. Raw materials (the need for) would lead to wars Term Did Marx believe in private property? Definition No because when all property is public, it loses its social character and becomes classless