Midterm #3 People/Writings Flashcards
1
Q
“Markets and Morals”
A
Michael J. Sandel
- The more things money can buy, the more inequality matters
- Surrogacy contracts: tainted consent and/or degradation of goods?
- Army: Civic virtue and/or fairness and freedom?
2
Q
“Acres of Diamonds”
A
Russell H. Conwell
- “I say that you ought to get rich, and it is your duty to get rich.”
- Money is power and it is your responsibility if you get rich or not
- Rich-men spoil their children and don’t give them the chance to work for themselves to gain money
3
Q
“What Social Classes Owe to Each Other”
A
William Graham Sumner
- The success of an individual is reliant on their efforts alone, they can’t blame others
- “In a free state every man is held and expected to care of himself and his family”
- Can’t set limit on social advance
- Idea of “Forgotten Man,” who minds his own business, does his work, and makes no complaints
