Excerpt from An Essay, in Answer to the Question: Whether Does the Principle of Competition, With Separate Individual Interests; Or, the Principle of United Exertions, With Combined and Equal Interests; Form the Most Secure Basis for the Formation of Society?
Objection. That it would check the error. Tions of genius, by compelling all to labour, it would divert attention from subjects of greater importance.
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Paperback. Condition: New. Print on Demand. This book extracts from the work of socialist and feminist theorist, Robert Owen, his vision for an egalitarian future. Owen posits that the individualism and competition that define early 19th-century capitalism inevitably lead to poverty and crime. He proposes a societal reorganization based on cooperation and shared interests. Owen believed such a society would cultivate virtue and compassion, rendering the existing legal and carceral systems unnecessary. Owenâs ideas reflect the broader utopian impulses of his time and anticipate themes in later socialist thought. His emphasis on education and communal support reveal the book's continued relevance to debates on social justice and equality in the present day. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item. Seller Inventory # 9781332925483_0
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