Human Nature

Cards (5)

  • Marx:
    • Co-operative, generous, altruistic, rational
    • The competitive, selfish and acquisitive capitalist economy corrupts human nature and must be removed
    • Human nature ‘plastic’: malleable and shaped by society + circumstance
    • Individuals ‘deformed’ by Capitalism as they cannot reach their true potential
  • Luxemburg:
    • Human nature ‘plastic’: malleable and shaped by society + circumstance
    • The competitive, selfish and acquisitive capitalist economy corrupts human nature and must be removed
    • Co-operative, generous, altruistic, rational
  • Webb:
    • Human nature ‘plastic’: malleable and shaped by society + circumstance
    • The competitive, selfish and acquisitive capitalist economy corrupts human nature and must be removed
    • Co-operative, generous, altruistic, rational
  • Crosland:
    • Uncontrolled Capitalism can corrupt human nature but with reform can work well
    • Human nature ‘plastic’: malleable and shaped by society + circumstance
    • Co-operative, generous, altruistic, rational
  • Giddens:
    • Reflexivity: humans are not passive but actively engage in shaping social environments
    • Fluid and adaptable to social change
    • Regulated Capitalism can neutralise the corrosive effects it could usually have on community and fraternity
    • Co-operative, generous, altruistic, rational