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Views on Human Nature and the Division of Labour
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Views on Human Nature and the Division of Labour (Question #1) Margarita Banting Student Number: 43108026 FDNS 103.002 Seminar Group: U2C TA: Laura King October 31, 2002 Rousseau's, Smith's, and Marx's differing perspectives on human nature provides a basis for their reasoning on the division of labour. Rousseau believes that as man perfects his ability to reason concepts, the more corrupt he grows to be. With this belief, Rousseau reasons that man becomes corrupt when he creates the division of labour. Alternatively, Smith reasons that the division of labour exists because of man's instinct to "barter" (317). In contrast to Rousseau, he perceives the division of labour as advantageous to the economy. Lastly, Marx sees the division of labour between the proletarian and the bourgeois. Dependence, greed, and freedom are characteristics of human nature that allow the division of labour. The men seek an effective...
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