PHIL 231 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Opiate, Vanguardism, Protestant Work Ethic

• School: Cal Poly
• Department: Philosophy
• Course: PHIL 231
• Professor: Dr.Talmage Scriven

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Communist manifesto (1848: mar(cid:454)"s (cid:449)a(cid:455) of disti(cid:374)guishi(cid:374)g o(cid:272)ialis(cid:373) fro(cid:373) co(cid:373)(cid:373)u(cid:374)is(cid:373) Is (cid:862)utopia(cid:374)(cid:863: seeks to preserve some form of private property, advocates peaceful change. Is practical: seeks to abolish private property, advocates violent change (cid:862)pri(cid:448)ate propert(cid:455)(cid:863) For mar(cid:454) this does(cid:374)"t (cid:373)ea(cid:374) perso(cid:374)al propert(cid:455) (cid:894)e(cid:454). (cid:272)lothes, (cid:272)ars, et(cid:272)(cid:895) Refers to the means of production, (generally, in a capitalist society property that generates profit (ex factories, stores, farms, etc) Historical progress results from conflict, not cooperation. Histori(cid:272)al progress is dri(cid:448)e(cid:374) (cid:271)(cid:455) large so(cid:272)ial for(cid:272)es (cid:374)ot the pla(cid:374)s a(cid:374)d a(cid:272)tio(cid:374)s of (cid:862)great (cid:373)e(cid:374)(cid:863) great man history is actions of a few great men, who have determined course of human history. These large forces are generally not understood by the individual in the teeth of them. Theory influenced by darwin noted by engels. Plato: dialectic as a philosophical process a process for finding truth. G. w. f hegel (1770-1831) : dialectic as an historical process. Hegel"s idea (cid:449)as thoroughl(cid:455) idealisti(cid:272): art, science, religion, etc.