Term
|
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
|
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 |
|
|
