The Basis of the Society
Han Tüzün
What is Society?
What is the Reason Behind?
Adam Smith
Bring him [solitary man] into society, and he is immediately provided with the mirror which he wanted before.
- Human is social by its nature.
- Our ideas are formed by our environment.
- We need criticism of others.
- We need love and admiration.
- We need spectators.
John Locke
[...] agreeing with other men to join and unite into a community for their comfortable, safe, and peaceable living one amongst another, in a secure enjoyment of their properties, and a greater security against any that are not of it.
- Human have avoided the state of nature.
- We choose to live together.
- We create laws to preserve the society.
- We sacrifice some of our freedoms.
Karl Marx
By producing their means of subsistence men are indirectly producing their actual material life. [...] The nature of individuals thus depends
on the material conditions determining their production.
- Human is conscious.
- We produce and differ from animals.
- The division of labor.
- We need to be together to exchange.
Who is Right?
Smith: Nature
Locke: Agreement
Marx: Production
Resources
- Oxford English Dictionary. oed.com
- Smith, Adam. "The Impartial Spectator"
- Locke, John. "The Second Treatise of Civil Government"
- Marx, Karl. "The German Ideology, Gundrisse." Course Materials. Ed. Micheal Meeuwis.
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