Karl Jaspers

Chattel slavery is the labor of people who were seen and treated as possessions. Chattel slaves were not paid and they made their owners wealthy with the labor they provided. They were seen as money making machines without the regard that they were human just like the people who owned them. The importance of the great slave plantations was that they were the reason the South had a lot of wealth since they took care of the crops that brought money to the South. The social, economic, political,…

Despite debate over the formal qualities of “the precariat” as a distinct class, precarity is generally understood as the subjection to instability, insecurity, and anxiety related to conditions labour and citizenship. Precarity is a material struggle due to widespread neoliberal policies that limit access to forms of social security. But what is the relationship between the materiality and consciousness of precarity? How is precarity an affective consequence of neoliberal strategies, and how…

The Time Magazine article “What Is a Life Worth?” discusses how the government invented a formula to determine the monetary value of a person’s life. The author, Amanda Ripley, poses the question: “Is a poor man’s life worth less than a rich man’s?” Using reasoning and true stories, she concludes that everyone’s life is worth the same regardless of a person’s wealth. I contend the opposite. The government’s method of compensating families after 9/11 was the right decision. It may seem like…

Adam Smith, a world renowned economist born in 1723, laid out a strategy for capitalist trade through his book, “The Wealth of Nations.” The “invisible hand” is vital to our society; when a person pursues their “self-love,” the society indirectly benefits. Famous economist Adam Smith introduced the “invisible hand in his world renowned economic novel “The Wealth of Nations.” Smith explains the “invisible hand” as ‘the subtle market force that helps the supply and demand of products in a free…

Capitalist theory and communist theory have significant opposing views on two major issues; overtime for employees and the scope of government regulation. The etiological foundation of capitalist theory is centered on the free market and personal economic liberties. Capitalism embraces the amassing of revenue, free enterprise, and rivalry; giving the business owner more power and ownership. Communist theory fixates on the awareness of the contributions and influence of the working lower class…

Humans live and act depending on their moral codes. These beliefs dictate what is important in life. So to understand a person’s priorities, one must reach the root of a person’s belief. One thing that often affects a person’s beliefs is society. Specifically, people who live in places like Imperial Russia. Those people’s beliefs were highly affected by the strict class system that was based on wealth and encouraged by Russia. The people, like nobles who had the most money usually held the most…

One day Alice Goffman receives a letter from an undergrad at Temple University describing how difficult the job market is for them. Goffman then thinks about if middle class students are having a hard time finding a job in 2015, then those with no college education/degree may also be suffering financially in the working class. Another negative aspect of society Goffman focuses on that follows her train of thought with economic inequality/hardship, is the current state of mass incarceration,…

influence and change society over time. Sociologists base their theories by using various theoretical perspectives that set the framework for their observations. One theoretical perspective is known as the conflict perspective, which was originated from Karl Marx and his work on class conflict. The conflict perspective focuses in the change of society by the rise of tension and conflict among different groups. It looks at how society is constantly competing…

mentions pity and how the human race would be chaotic without it. I agree with these ideas of Rousseau, and many others have studied and agreed with his political thoughts. Consequently, Rousseau’s compositions are still relevant in today’s society. Karl Marx, a philosopher and Rousseau’s predecessor, published The Communist Manifesto in 1848. In it, he promotes the communists’ beliefs and says that communism if the final type of society that…

Whenever someone hears the term culture, many things will come to their mind. If you even “Google” the definiton of culture, you will get many different definitions of just this one word. Growing up, I just thought is was the mix of everyone’s beliefs, all of their traditions, and whatever else made them who they were, and that everyone had a different culture. After reading this chapter, I didn’t realize how much could come from such a small word. In the book, Conley breaks culture into many…