It is evident from theorists such as Edmund Burke, that tradition was an important aspect of British culture and society. In Reflections on the Revolution in France, Burke proposed that men are supposed to be constrained by the tradition of their forbearers and ill-considered reforms are dangerous. Such prominence of tradition and the past resulted in some reluctance and hesitation to accept this new idea of an industrialized nation. James Kay, a doctor from Manchester, argues the hardships of factory labor and its effects, stating “prolonged and exhausting labor continued from day to day, from year to year is not calculated to develop the intellectual or moral faculties of man… he becomes reckless [and] disregards the distinguishing appetites and habits of his species” (The Past Speaks, 155). Dickens would agree with this viewpoint, as Hard Times shows a lack of balance in the industrialized nation and the ways in which utilitarianism inversely relates to human quality of
It is evident from theorists such as Edmund Burke, that tradition was an important aspect of British culture and society. In Reflections on the Revolution in France, Burke proposed that men are supposed to be constrained by the tradition of their forbearers and ill-considered reforms are dangerous. Such prominence of tradition and the past resulted in some reluctance and hesitation to accept this new idea of an industrialized nation. James Kay, a doctor from Manchester, argues the hardships of factory labor and its effects, stating “prolonged and exhausting labor continued from day to day, from year to year is not calculated to develop the intellectual or moral faculties of man… he becomes reckless [and] disregards the distinguishing appetites and habits of his species” (The Past Speaks, 155). Dickens would agree with this viewpoint, as Hard Times shows a lack of balance in the industrialized nation and the ways in which utilitarianism inversely relates to human quality of