PHIL 1091 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Rerum Novarum, Pope Leo Xiii, Fokker E.Ii
27 Apr 2016
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Introduction: wrote them to discuss strikes and protest happening regarding the treatment of workers, restricting capitalism. Critique of marx: claim: the marxist/socialist aim to do away with private possessions a. i. Private ownership of means of production is what marx means a. iii. Robs the worker of the right to dispose of his or her wages as he or see sees fit b. iii. 1. b. If the worker were to live sparingly, he or she could save money and own the means of production. The fact that the person cannot dispose of his or her wages as he or she sees fit does not imply that he or she suffers b. iii. 2. b. Worker cannot save money because it b. iii. 3. represents necessary product. Duties: leo xiii and communists/socialists don"t agree on ideological framework except that workers are being mistreated, worker to the capitalist b. i. Agree to do certain amount of work do that work you agreed on b. ii.
