3/07/2009

Progressivism

PROGRESSIVISM

Jane Adam ( Subjective Necessity of Social settlement ) 1892
Jane Adam was one of the most influential and indefatigable social reformers in all American History. The Subjective Necessity of Social settlement is also a strong statement of “social gospel”. The settlement is one of means communication. The necessity of settlement was greater in America. Based on her analysis, the early Roman Christian brings the Gospel message to love all men, with a certain joyous simplicity. All the truth is one and all appropriation is it freedom. There should be help each other and respect others whether they are educated or not and all of people has their own strength and weakness. Solidarity should be built between neighbors and the race. The settlement then is regarded as the solution of the social and industrial problem.
Thorstein Veblen (The Theory Of Leisure Class ) 1899
Social society develops changes as its altered situation. Social advance, especially in economic theory consist in continued progressive approach to adjustment of inner relation to outer relation. The leisure class is in great measure sheltered from the stress of those economic exigencies which prevail in any modern, highly organised industrial community. The leisure class is the conservative class. The leisure class is very difficult in accepting the innovation. Conservatism among them is strongly exist and not easy to be changed. The characteristics of the class is whatever is, is right whereas he law of natural selection as applied to human institutions, gives the axiom whatever is, is wrong. Wrong is something that is no relation between the past and the present. Therefore, the leisure class is still need improvement way of thinking in accepting the changes of the life based on the development of science and technology.
Wendell Holmes (Natural Law) 1918
We have to fight if only we want to live longer. The fight is only not in the war but the fight in all aspect of life. We supposed do the good thing as we want that natural and universe would treat us. We only a part of universe that we cannot change the world but we can change started from our individual self. The natural law will exist without suspect by the power of the nature. The universe has its more than we do understand. The power and its sources are unpredictable.
Reinhold Neibuhr ( The Children of Light and the Children Of Darkness ) 1944
The children of the world or the children of the darkness are who know no law beyond their will and interest. The children of the light are who believe that self-interest should be brought under the discipline of a higher law. The children of the darkness are evil and children of the light are good it is because of their attitude toward the law. The children of the light should have the wisdom of the children of the dark in order to shape the interest, the will and also for the better society of social justice.

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