Philosophies of Freedom and Socialism

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Bentham's belief about individual freedom

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Bentham supported individual freedom, believing it guaranteed happiness, but thought government should intervene under certain circumstances.

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John Stuart Mill's view on government intervention

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Mill believed in individual freedom but supported government intervention to improve the lives of the working class.

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Mill's belief about political power

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Mill argued that workers and women needed the right to vote to use their political power to reform society and business.

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Socialism's solution to poverty and injustice

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Socialism offered a radical solution to end poverty and injustice by having people as a whole own the means of production.

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Utopian socialists' belief

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Utopian socialists believed fighting would end when there were no differences between the rich and the poor.

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Robert Owen's contributions

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Robert Owen set up a model community in New Lanark, Scotland, refused child labor, campaigned for labor laws, and encouraged labor unions.

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Critic of utopianism and belief

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German philosopher Karl Marx, who believed utopian socialists were unrealistic idealists.

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Theory formed by Karl Marx

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"Scientific socialism," which he claimed was based on a scientific study of history.

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Publication by Marx and Friedrich Engels in 1848

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The Communist Manifesto.

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Driving force in history according to Marx

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Economics.