DVM2350 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: John Stuart Mill, Gotha Program, Worker Cooperative

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: International Development and Globalization
• Course: DVM2350
• Professor: Patti Lenard

Document Summary

Karl marx & john stuart mill: critique of the gotha program vs principles of. Mill: freedom in political participation; danger of class division: present society and all its sufferings and injustices, work grows harder until it becomes exhausting. Mill likes the method of production of capitalism with machines (highly industrialized) Address issues of capitalism without involving the issues of communism. Possible objections to communism: 1. promotes laziness, 2. people will have too many babies, 3. too difficult to distribute labour fairly, 4. quashes individuality. Free market system: the harder you work, the more money you will make. You will have more babies if you can afford it. Communism tries to turn everyone into the same kind of person: you will labour for love and not profit many will disagree. People will be lazy baby makers who are sad about the job.