Socialism Flashcards
(153 cards)
These should be produced with the aim of benefiting all.
Basic goods
They reject this. It should be owned communally by society.
Private property
Against this economic system and its unequal distribution of power.
Capitalism
This led to dangerous, difficult, undignified factory work in the first half of the 19th century.
Industrial revolution
Socialists morally object to exploitation, poverty, and greed because it leads to this:
Increased inequality
Thomas More was known as a martyr to what religion?
Catholicism
Thomas More was murdered for treason for refusing to do this:
Swear an oath to the Church of England
In Thomas More’s book Utopia he argued against these two things is social and economic relationships:
Poverty and inequality
This pre-industrial capitalist saw the injustice in persecuting people for theft with death by starvation or strangulation.
Thomas More
Thomas More wanted to abolish these two things:
Money and private property
According to More, distribution should be according to this, everyone must work and every family can draw from the common stock.
Need
True or false: More thought that conflict and inequality were natural.
False. He wanted society to be ride of pride, greed and envy.
Thomas More’s requirement to distribute goods in this way was also known as a requirement of justice.
Equally
Humans are intended to live in a state of peace and harmony, and overcome these:
Negative emotions
Saint Simon believed there were historical stages defined by these: This displayed a pattern, and indicated the “march towards socialism”.
Dominant classes
Saint Simon’s economic system was to be based on this: Dominant views legitimize systems, and old society gives way to new society.
Beliefs
Saint Simon suggested we replace capitalist inefficiency with this:
Expert planning and organizational hierarchy
Saint Simon’s government was not to be connected with impulses of this kind:
Democratic
For Saint Simon, science was to be used as an instrument of this:
Social planning
For Saint Simon, government of men and politics should be replaced with social harmony, this becomes unnecessary:
Coercive law
Fourier called selfishness, false beliefs, and material and emotional poverty the evils of this:
Commercial society
Fourier argued that there should be free and full cooperation for the common good. This could become a form of self expression:
Work
For Fourier, the state was needed to enforce this:
Inequality
For Fourier, bringing about change of this was one that would free us all.
Human nature