To what extent are the unemployed
failing in their duty to society to work, and how far has the State an
obligation to ensure that they have work to do It is by now increasingly recognized that workers may be thrown out of work by industrial forces beyond their control, and that the unemployed are in some sense paying the price of the economic progress of the community. But concern with unemployment and the unemployed changes sharply. The issues of duty and responsibility were re-opened and made active by the unemployment scare of 1971--1972. Rising unemployment and increased sums paid out in benefits to the workless had reawakened controversies which had been inactive during most of the period of fuller employment since the war ended the Depression. It looked as though in future there would again be too little work to go round, so there were arguments A. How far it is the unemployed who are to blame if they are not working and how much of it is the State’s fault B. to what extent the State should insist on the unemployed working if they fail to do so C. whether work should be obligatory, and if so, whether the State or tile individual is responsible for enforcing the obligation D. whether being at work is a social duty which the State should ensure everybody carries out [单项选择]To what extent are the unemployed failing in their duty to society to work, and how far has the State an obligation to ensure that they have work to do
It is by now increasingly recognized that workers may be thrown out of work by industrial forces beyond their control, and that the unemployed are in some sense paying the price of the economic progress of the rest of the community. But concern with unemployment and the unemployed varies sharply. The issues of duty and responsibility were reopened and revitalized by the unemployment scare of 1971-2. Rising unemployment and increased sums paid out in benefits to the workless had reawakened controversies which had been inactive during most of the period of fuller employment since the war ended the Depression. It looked as though in future there would again be too little work to go round, so there were arguments about how to produce more work, how the available work should be shared out, and who was responsible for unemployment and the
A. unemployment must lead to depression of national economy. B. the unemployed are the victims of economical development. C. unemployment should be kept under control by industrial forces. D. the unemployed are denied responsibility for technological progress. 我来回答: 提交
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