1) The document discusses different philosophies that emerged during the Industrial Revolution in response to industrialization and changes in society, including classical liberalism, utilitarianism, various forms of socialism, communism, and others.
2) It provides examples and details on influential thinkers from this time period like Adam Smith, Jeremy Bentham, John Stuart Mill, Karl Marx, and others who developed and advocated for these different philosophies.
3) The philosophies debated issues like the role of government, private property, distribution of resources, and how to structure society in the new industrial age.
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1. DRAW A LINE SEPARATING TODAY & YESTERDAY 1) Write: Date: 10/05/10 , Topic: Industrial Philosophy 2) Next line, write Opener #24 and then: 1) Write 1 high + 1 low inlast 24 hours 2) Rate your understanding of yesterday: lost < 1-5 > too easy (3 is perfect) 3) Respond to the Opener by writing at least 1 sentences about : Your opinions/thoughts OR/AND Questions sparked by the clip OR/AND Summary of the clip OR/AND Announcements: None
2. Agenda 1) Industrial Revolution Philosophy What you will be able to do: 1) How did industrialization influence philosophy? Reminder 1) No Homework
3. Journ #24a , French Revolution Films 1) Debrief as a group on + (1 thing your group did well (1 thing we can improve) 2-9) Write team name and number, and + (1 thing you likes (1 thing they can improve), final 1-10.
4. Notes #24a , Title: Industrial Philosophy Notes 1) Classical Liberalism ( Conservatism ) : Gov bad, ppl should be free (personal-Locke+in business-Smith) 2) Utilitarianism : Gov should do whatever maximizes the good for the most people. 3) Jeremy Bentham : Father of utilitarianism 4) Modern Liberalism ( Liberal ) : Gov should promote education + welfare services to prepare ppl for their freedom 5) John Stuart Mills : Father of modern liberals 6) Utopian Socialism (mild) : Private biz+indiv use power of resources to create equitable society 7) Robert Owen : Father of utopianism and socialism 8) Communism (hot) : New gov eliminate the upper class , all resources controlled by gov for the ppl, eventually when ppl ready, no gov, ppl freely share 9) Friedrich Engels+Karl Marx : Father of Marxism (history is class struggle) and communism 10) Socialism (medium) : Gov take control of SOME resources from upper class to help lower class w life essentials (equitable society), modern liberal response to rise of Communism
5. Notes #24a , Title: Industrial Philosophy Notes 1) Classical Liberalism ( Conservatism ) : Gov bad, ppl should be free (personal-Locke + in business-Smith) John Lockes Second Treatise, 1689 No one ought to harm another in his life, liberty, or possessions . .. to avoid this state of war is one great reason of men's putting themselves into society .
6. Notes #24a , Title: Industrial Philosophy Notes 1) Classical Liberalism ( Conservatism ) : Gov bad, ppl should be free (personal-Locke + in business-Smith: Laissez faire Adam Smiths Wealth of Nations, 1776 "It is not from the benevolence of the butcher , the brewer or the baker that we expect our dinner , but from their regard to their own self-interest ... [Every individual] intends only his own security, only his own gain. And he is in this led by an invisible hand to promote an end which was no part of his intention. By pursuing his own interest , he frequently promotes that of society more effectually than when he really intends to promote it."
7. Notes #24a , Title: Industrial Revolution 2) Adam Smith (1723) : Philosophizes that if gov leaves biz alone: supply (price up, supply up) and demand (price up, demand down), economy will be most efficient . (Laissez faire: leave it alone), 1 st UK , but will become principle of capitalism/free market economies.
8. Adam Smiths Wealth of Nations ,1776 The man whose whole life is spent in performing a few simple operations , of which the effects are perhaps always the same, or very nearly the same, has no occasion to exert his understanding or to exercise his invention in finding out expedients for removing difficulties which never occur. He naturally loses , therefore, the habit of such exertion, and generally becomes as stupid and ignorant as it is possible to become for a human creature to become .
9. Journ #24b , Free Market Debate 1) Read the 2 sides, choose 1 side, and write which you choose and explain why . 2) Then write down what your partner thinks ( include their name at the end ). 1 2 3 4 5 CON: Con Side Gov Regulation 1) Sellers will trick buyers, buyers lack info or savvy 2) Free market makes rich richer, poor poorer 3) Gov can coordinate the economy for the long term greater good PRO: Pro Side Free Market 1) Ppl only buy what makes them happy, sellers will max happiness 2) Ppl work the hardest when they can profit 3) Indiv decisions faster
10. Thomas Robert Malthuss Principle of Population, 1798 The way in which, these effects are produced seems to be this. We will suppose the means of subsistence in any country just equal to the easy support of its inhabitants . The constant effort towards population... increases the number of people before the means of subsistence are increased . The food therefore which before supported seven millions must now be divided among seven millions and a half or eight millions. The poor consequently must live much worse .
11. David Ricardos The Iron Law of Wages, 1817 As population increases, these necessaries will be constantly rising in price, because more labour will be necessary to produce them. If, then, the money wages of labour should fall , whilst every commodity on which the wages of labour were expended rose, the labourer would be doubly affected, and would be soon totally deprived of subsistence wages should be left to the fair and free competition of the market, and should never be controlled by the legislature .
12. Notes #24b , Title: Industrial Philosophy Notes 3) Utilitarianism : Gov should do whatever maximizes the good for the most people.
13. 4) Jeremy Bentham : Father of utilitarianism It is the greatest good to the greatest number of people which is the measure of right and wrong. Jeremy Bentham Facts 3 Read Enlightenment Scholars 5 Mastered the Violin 6 Fluent Latin and French 12 Attended Oxford Also a prominent supporter of womens rights, gay rights, and anti-death penalty.
14. Due Today: i) Photo e-mailed of group working ii) Video on DVD or on Youtube iii) 5 research sources (1 st page will do for each): validty sheets in class iv) Fill out peer eval online at: http://tinyurl.com/frproject2010 v) Journal (highlight openers)