■ COMPARATIVE AND DISCUSSION QUESTIONS ■

1. Question

   What similarities do you see between Malthus’s arguments (Document 20-1) and those of Adam Smith (Document 17-3) regarding the “wages of labor”? What differences?

2. Question

   How might Malthus (Document 20-1) have reacted to the conditions in Manchester described by Engels (Document 20-2), and why might he have reacted that way?

3. Question

   What do you think Malthus would say about Owen’s views on human nature (Document 20-5)? Why? What do you think John Locke (Document 15-6) would say about them, and why?

4. Question

   What do you think Owen (Document 20-5) thought of the Luddites (Document 20-4)? Why?

5. Question

   What might Owen (Document 20-5) have thought about the Berlin factory rules? What kinds of rules(Document 20-3) would you expect him to devise for his own workers?