Answer the two following questions in a half to one full pag

Answer the two following questions in a half to one full page, double-spaced.

1. According to Marx, what is \"alienated labor\"? Why do we become alienated? That is, what is it about the capitalist system that leads to alienation?

2. Where does private property come from, according to Locke? Does he argue that private property is natural, do you think?

Solution

Q1) According to Marx, alienated labor ocxurs in three different types -

Alienating labor from other human beings - As workers compete in a capitalist economy, it is the capitalists who take advantage from the competition by alienating workers from one another without letting them work collectively.

Alienating labor from the products of their labor - Capitalists own and control the profits of the firm simply by owning the means of production. Hence, the products produced by the workers belong to the capitalists.

Alienating labor from the act of labor - Though it is the labor who produce products, it is the capitalists who decide on the commodities to be made, the equipment required, the working conditions etc. Labor are considered as just one or the means of production.

Q2) Locke argues that man\'s labor is the origin and justification of property and it is government\'s justification to preserve the property. He believes that God has bestowed ownership and natural rights equally to all men.