New Ways of Thinking Ch21 and 22

Question 1

Thomas Malthus

Answer 1

Population growth will outpace the food supply
War, disease, or famine could control the population
The poor should have less children
Food supply will then keep up from population
Liberal capitalist

Question 2

David Ricardo

Answer 2

Iron law of wages
When wages are high, workers have more children
More children create a large labor surplus that depresses wages
Liberal capitalist

Question 3

Jeremy Bentham and John Stuart mill

Answer 3

The goal of society is the greatest good for the greatest number
There is a role to play for government intervention to provide some social safety net
Utilitarians

Question 4

Utopians and Marxists

Answer 4

Socialists
People as a society would operate and own the means of production, not individuals
Goal was to build a society that benefited everyone, not just a rich, well-connected few
Tried to build perfect communities (utopias)

Question 5

Jeremy Bentham

Answer 5

Feminism and Utopianism
Utilitarianism
Women’s rights, no slavery, greatest good for the greatest number
Separation of church and state

Question 6

John Stuart mill

Answer 6

Freedom of expression
Female suffrage
Problem was the tyranny of majority

Question 7

Robert Owen

Answer 7

Socialist
Build utopian communities to provide for workers’ needs
Better conditions
Ideal societies