In comparison to this view Marxists see society as promoting the interests of the ruling class and legitimating suffering and therefore preventing social change. In Marx’s words religion is the “opiate of the people” which makes their working class life more bearable. Feminists also agree that religion serves the interest of the powerful, however they believe this supports the social structure of patriarchy and legitimates women’s subordinate position. For example this is seen through Hinduisms support of arranged marriages and the Catholic Church’s banishment of abortion. In contrast Weber’s views suggest that religion has acted as a powerful force of social change.
Answer Key 1. In the opening paragraph, Bertrand Russell says, “The happy life is to an extraordinary extent the same as the good life.” What does he mean? Is this statement paradoxical? He means that by being a good person, doing good for other people and trying to make other people happy, you will also be happy. This statement is not paradoxical because we do not have to sacrifice ourselves to help others.
Also the theory of Social Darwinism appealed to the protestant work ethic because they believed that anyone could become successful and prosper with hard work intelligence and perseverance. Social Darwinist also supported the idea of a laissez faire type policies in which they believed that the government should not regulate the marketplace. The ideas of Social Darwinism was used by many industrialist including Andrew Carnegie. Social Gospel was a moral reform movement promoted by protestant clergy Walter Rauschenbusch and Washington Gladden the reason behind this movement was the abuses of industrialism. It applied to biblical teachings and Christian ethics to industrialization and social problems.
As the political Ida of capitalism has corrupted the Birling family, Priestly shows the audience how the inspector, the voice of socialism, constantly out-wits the birling’s. This therefore appeals to the audience as within today’s society there are still large segregations between what political ideology people choose to believe in. In conclusion I feel that the play “an inspector calls” creates lasting appeal as it interests today’s audience within all aspects of life, and how morals and ideas portrayed within the ply can be compared to peoples everyday situations. As political ideology as the largest theme within the play, today’s society are interested not just in today’s politics, but how morals and politics shaped the world previous to their
We as citizens have the right to live life in freedom without undue harm and to pursue our dreams and goals. Jefferson believes the government needs to respect our opinion by not putting it aside and to just listen to the citizens. The citizens have the right to set up a new government so the citizens have a better political life. To achieve the happiness we desire, the need for possession would be required. Jefferson says, “We hold these truths to be self-evidence, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable Rights that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness” (Jefferson, 80).
It is both a relief and an educator. The Alcott and other transcendentalists were not unreceptive or opposed to the modernization of the world. However, they were concerned that too much modernization could result in alienation. Nature offered a way to keep people in touch with their souls and spiritual fundamentals. Puritans saw nature as God's gift to man who conquered the "unlimited"
It lets the people live their lives according to their interior goodness. Thirdly, it gives man an environment where he does not have to steal. But an environment that flourishes the goodness inside each one, it gives them a government that helps inspires goodness instead of corruption. Lastly a good government cares for those who cannot care for themselves. It does this by offering medical care who those cannot afford it.
For this reason, they see the family as being vital to the wellbeing of society as it meets some essential needs, such as socialising children. Unlike Functionalist, Marxists see society as a conflict between two social classes. The first being the Bourgeoisie or the ruling class and the second being the working class or the Proletariats. Marxists see society as a way to allow the ruling class to continuously oppress and by using them to make maximum profits they expolit them. The Marxist view on the family is that the functions are performed for the benefit of these capitalists.
Religion for a functionalist would be viewed as more of a reinforcement for the values that society holds. One thing almost all religions have in common is the lesson of being “good”, to treat others how you would want to be treated. It also gives people something to turn to when they feel lost, or something to blame when life is not going the way the would like. Religion holds people together in many ways, offering stability to society. Religion does, however hold both manifest and latent functions.
In this regard, Downs criticized economist who had concluded that bureaucrats and politicians were “perfect altruist” whose goal is to maximize social welfare. Contrary to Downs’ opinion, I believe that it is necessary to transit from the old perspective of government as a profit company to a non-profit organization, understanding the opportunistic characteristic of the bureaucrats and politicians. The social contract born as a pact to institutionalize non-profit organizations named governments in order to achieve specific goals as was already mentioned before. The same ideology is used when some citizens constitute non-governmental organizations (NGO). It is necessary here to clarify exactly what is meant by NGO.