POLS 2900 Study Guide - Final Guide: Dennis Amiss, Mixed-Sex Education, John Stuart Mill
20 Apr 2016
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For i ask whether in the wild wood. Someone who owns land through his labour increases it cuz the life-support provisions produced by one acre of enclosed/cultivated land, are ten times more than acre of equally rich land not cultivated. Who encloses land, gets more conveniences of life from ten cultivated acres than from a hundred left to nature gives ninety acres to mankind. This quote: defense to his argument, he compares a thousand acres of wild woods/uncultivated waste of america w/ ten acres of equally fertile land in devonshire where they"re well cultivated. We admire more than imitate the wonderful examples which history of ancient kingdoms and republics present to us. Criticizes christian states for their ignorance against old political thinkers of antiquity. John stuart mill: on the subjection of women. To mill, women"s subordination to men = slave to his master, domestic slavery to the family. Victorian culture: woman"s primary duties - please/serve others/own desires on hold.
