Division Of Labour

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Every nation depends on its labour to produce wealth and riches for the country. The wealth of a nation solely relies on the produce manufactured by the workmen and how fast and reliable it is made. Without effective labour, the nation cannot supply its people with materials for produce, resulting in the nation to be poor. Adam Smith, the author of ‘The Wealth Of Nations’, throughout the book, makes arguments which accept as well as reject the claim of “Commercial society deforms human nature.” This claim has its pros and cons, but as we analyze Smith’s arguments more thoroughly, we can understand it more through his eyes. The Division of Labour (DOL) was introduced into societies to help make it easier for workmen to distinguish themselves from other occupations and concentrate and master that part of their work. Although this seems to be a very good idea and can be seen as a bright future for the labour division, it has a very negative effect on the people and society. Smith’s argument of the DOL destroying intellectual and social virtues seems to be legitimate and strong in my opinion. Workers tend to focus more on their main occupation rather than broadening and expanding their knowledge on other skills that can be related to their own or of a completely different field. Every labouring worker should have a thorough education so that he/she can give to society their knowledge and produce, other than their professional experience in a certain occupational field. A tailor, who has spent his whole life mastering that occupation because he is bred into it, loses his job due to the low demand for that certain skill. His only option here is to find another skill and job that can support him, but with his limited knowledge, the chances of landing him a job in another division of work is very slim to none. Through the illustration of this example, we can see that

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