Theory of human nature: Economics, society and consciousness
Karl Marx can be perceived as one of the fathers of sociology because he studied the makeup of humans, economy and society he makes a generalisation about human beings that we are like animals the only difference between human beings and animals is that we produce our own survival and that we plan how to adapt our livelihoods in new situations that we are faced with. Marx states human beings are alienate by labour because of them being unable to develop their skills in different directions …show more content…
Marx supported the theory that economic factors of production had two kinds of production which are namely the labour and family Marx believed in traditional division of labour so he believed that a women’s role in production process was to reproduce, to be fully responsible for childcare and for physiological foundation of the children and men’s responsibility was for labour purposes.
It appears like Marx did not realise that even when he thought of as women as biologically determined differences between sexes are affected by socio economic factors he forgot that practical developments like consistent contraception and infant formula and economic developments require mental skills more than heavy manual labour which was done by males this has changed the perception he had about sexes to the question of male and female nature in a way that Marx himself did not …show more content…
Diagnosis: Alienation, Capitalism and exploitation
Marx’s diagnosis was what was wrong with people and society during the capitalist era, Marx said that capitalism was exploitation of labour because employers had control over employees so it was easy for them to exploit them they would get them to do a lot of work for little wages because they were considered as cheap labour, he says that a capitalist society does not allow full development of human nature but opens doors for human beings to get exploited. Marx states that it is wrong to treat human beings as means of economic end.
Marx believed that the greatest evil was the economic industry being owned privately because it caused people to be alienated from themselves which means that there was a lack of a community and that was the greatest injustice of all Marx states that this injustice is immoral and unethical to employees who worked for people who owned wealth at that