首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
A hundred years ago it was assumed and scientifically "proved" by economists that the laws of society make it necessary to have
A hundred years ago it was assumed and scientifically "proved" by economists that the laws of society make it necessary to have
admin
2005-11-28
115
问题
A hundred years ago it was assumed and scientifically "proved" by economists that the laws of society make it necessary to have a vast army of poor and jobless people in order to keep the economy going. Today, hardly anybody would dare to voice the principle. It is generally accepted that nobody should be excluded from the wealth of the nation, either by the law of nature or by those of society. The opinions are outdated, which were current a hundred years ago, that the poor owed their conditions to their ignorance, lack of responsibility. In all western industrialized countries, a system of insurance has been introduced which guarantees everyone a minimum of subsistence in case of unemployment, sickness and old age. I would go one step further and argue that, even if these conditions are not present, in other words, one can claim this substance minimum without having to have any "reason". I would suggest, however, that it should be limited to a definite period of time, let’s say two years, so as to avoid the encouragement of an abnormal attitude which refuses any kind of social obligation.
This may sound like a fantastic proposal, but so, I think, our insurance system would have sounded to people a hundred years ago. The main objection to such a scheme would be that if each person were entitled to receive minimum support, people would not work. This assumption rests on the fallacy of the inherent laziness. In human nature, actually, aside from abnormally lazy people, there would be very few who would not want to earn more than the minimum, and who would prefer to do nothing rather than work. However, the suspicions against a system of guaranteed subsistence minimum are not groundless from the standpoint of those who want to use ownership capital for the purpose of forcing others to accept the work conditions they offer. If nobody were forced to accept work in order not to starve, work would be sufficiently interesting and attractive in order to induce one to accept it. Freedom of contract is possible only if both parties are free to accept and reject it in the present capitalist system this is not the case.
But such a system would not only be the beginning of real freedom of contract between employers and employees, its principal advantage would be the improvement of freedom in interpersonal relationships in every sphere of daily life.
Now it is widely accepted that______.
选项
A、the present system of social insurance should be improved
B、everybody should be granted a minimum of subsistence without any "reason"
C、everybody has the right to share the wealth of country
D、people have to change their attitude towards the poor
答案
C
解析
本题可参照“It is generally accepted that nobody should be excluded from the wealth of the nation,either by the law of nature or by those of society.”,从中可知C项为正确答案。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/KLIO777K
0
考博英语
相关试题推荐
•Readthearticlebelowaboutsuggestionsforeffectivemeetingsandthefollowingquestions.•Foreachquestion(13-18),marko
Readthisarticlebelowabouttheimportanceofcorporatepublicrelations.Choosethebestanswerfromtheoppositepageto
Readthearticlebelowaboutmarketresearch.Inmostofthelines(34-45),thereisoneextraword.Itiseithergrammatical
Readthearticlebelowaboutmarketresearch.Inmostofthelines(34-45),thereisoneextraword.Itiseithergrammatical
Readthetextbelowaboutacompany’sapproachtosocialresponsibility.Inmostofthelines(34-45),thereisoneextrawor
WhatdoesAlisonorder?Whatdoesthemanthinkshouldbesoldfordevelopingnewmarkets?
HowtoapproachListeningTestPartTwo•ThispartoftheListeningTesttestsyourunderstandingofnumbers,namesandspelling
WhatqualitiesdidJohnWarnockandChuckGeschekappreciateinBruceCitizen?WhenJackandChuckofficiallyretired,
Howmanypeoplearecomingfordinner?Whenistheman’smeeting?
Thewonderswhichmedicalworkershavealreadybroughtaboutinthediagnosisandtreatmentofdiseasesuggestthatatimemayc
随机试题
某患者,23岁,由于大肠湿热所致的痢疾,症见大便脓血、里急后重、发热腹痛。宜选用
在水利工程建设实施阶段,质量监督机构监督的对象包括()。
我们称通过计算机网络非法进入他人系统的计算机人侵者为()。
混凝土空心砌块人分小型砌块和中型砌块,同一种砌块又可分为()。
在学习“汽化”知识时,教师通常演示“水的沸腾”实验。简述利用该演示实验进行教学时应注意哪些问题。
凭借关于水流的知识来理解电流,奥苏叽尔将这种学习方式称为()
近代警察是适应资本主义制度所需要而建立起来的专门执行警察职能的机构和官吏。()
给定资料反映了北京奥运瘦身的计划,用不超过200字对这一事件进行概括。 要求:全面,有条理,有层次。仔细阅读给定材料,然后以“节俭办奥运的意义”为题,进行论证,既可以全面论证,也可就某一方面重点论证。 要求:字数800左右。
Orangefarmerscalloneoftheirearliest-ripeningvarietiesPineapples.But,inthedaysafterHurricaneCharleytorethr
Stopdwellingonyourproblemsanddosomethingaboutthem!
最新回复
(
0
)