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 made it necessary to have
A hundred years ago,it was assumed and scientifically "proved" by economists that the laws of society made it necessary to have
admin
2016-01-05
45
问题
A hundred years ago,it was assumed and scientifically "proved" by economists that the laws of society made 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 this principle. It is generally accepted that nobody should be excluded from the wealth of nation, either by laws of nature or by those of society. The opinions, which were current a hundred years ago, that the poor owed their conditions to their ignorance, lack of responsibility, are outdated. In all Western industrialized countries, a system of insurance has been introduced which guarantees everyone a minimum of existence in case of unemployment, sickness and old age. I would go one step further and argue that, even if these conditions are not present, everyone has the right to receive the means to survive, in other words, he can claim this existence 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 encouraging of an abnormal attitude which refuses any kind of social obligation.
This may sound like a fantastic proposal, but so, I think, would our insurance system 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 existence minimum are not groundless from the standpoint of those who want to use ownership of 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 have to be sufficiently interesting and attractive 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.
Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?
选项
A、On a System of Guaranteed Existence Minimum
B、On Government Support
C、Improving the Poor’s Conditions
D、Inherent Laziness in Human Nature
答案
A
解析
纵观全文可知,本文围绕最基本的生活保障系统展开评论,故A)正确。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/jdQ7777K
0
大学英语六级
相关试题推荐
A、Studyinginaforeignenvironment.B、Livingfarawayfromfamily.C、Returningbacktohomecountry.D、Fittingintoaforeignc
A、Becauseitislesslikelytorunaway.B、Becauseitislesslikelytobetooshywithotherdogs.C、Becauseit’seasierforit
Children’sideasabouttherainforestsandtheimplicationforcoursedesignA)Adultsandchildrenarefrequentlyconfrontedwi
TheUnitedNationssaystheworld’spopulationwillincreaseby34percentbytheyear2050.Scientistsandothersknowitwill
TheDodgeBrothersA)Itwas100yearsagothisweekthattheDodgebrothersfoundedthepowerfulcarbrandthatstillbearsthei
Comparisonsweredrawnbetweenthedevelopmentoftelevisioninthe20thcenturyandthediffusionofprintinginthe15thand1
Althoughonemightnotthinksofromsomeofthecriticismofit,advertisingisessentialtoourlife.Advertisingisnecessary
Althoughonemightnotthinksofromsomeofthecriticismofit,advertisingisessentialtoourlife.Advertisingisnecessary
Althoughonemightnotthinksofromsomeofthecriticismofit,advertisingisessentialtoourlife.Advertisingisnecessary
ThenumberofpeoplewhosurftheInternetviamobiledevicesinChinahasforthefirsttime【C1】______thenumberusingcomputer
随机试题
A.卡介苗B.骨髓灰质炎疫苗C.白百破混合制剂D.麻疹疫苗E.卡介苗第一次加强8个月免疫接种
患者,男,18岁,从小患有癫痫病,长期口服丙戊酸钠0.5gqd和卡马西平0.2gqd等。几个月前,无明显诱因反复出现人事不省,四肢抽搐,口吐白沫,5小时前再次发作,送住院治疗。在临床上,下列不需要血药浓度监测的是
上市公司发行股份的价格不得低于本次发行股份购买资产的董事会决议公告日前()个交易日公司股票交易均价。
居民个人拥有的普通标准住宅,在转让时暂减半计征土地增值税。( )
求:有的同学向学校反映老师教的不好,老师以为是我说的,其实不是我。我以前上小学时,有一次老师就冤枉我,向我家长说我在学校调皮,回家后,父亲狠狠地打了我。咨:小时候被老师冤枉,害怕老师,和你现在担心老师为难你有关系么?求助者低头沉默了一分钟。求:小时候
课程标准由()等基本成分构成。
就我国现阶段来说,贯彻教育公平的实施重点是()
刑法中,各国行使刑事管辖权的最基本原则是()。
简述人身权的特征。[北邮2009年研]
设函数u=f(x,y,z)有连续偏导数,且z=z(x,y)由方程xex-yey=zex所确定,求du。
最新回复
(
0
)