Ruskin's analysis of ind.relations in Unto This Last.

The main point that concerned Ruskin was that of the relationship between workers and their employers and how each should be treated. Despite some similarities between Ruskin’s beliefs and Socialist beliefs, Ruskin was not a socialist. As mentioned earlier, Ruskin came from a wealthy middle class family, where religion featured heavily in his life. Despite that fact that he lost his faith, Ruskin never criticised the Christian way of life; he believed that the way of living set out in the Bible was a humane and sen

The main points set out by Ruskin, that Marx, Engels and Morris would agree with, are that by treating workers well, industrial relations between the employer and employee will improve, which will increase productivity, and the enjoyment of work by the workers in general. Despite the differences of opinion regarding religion and class systems, as this point in history, perhaps the treatment of workers and the industrial relations between the worker and employer was a far more important issue, due to the unacceptable exploitation some workers were facing. No doubt the ideas of these social commentators have contributed to our quality of life in the work place.

sible way to live, to look after one another, etc. This is reflected in his opinions on Victorian society.

Ruskin’s attitudes were very similar to those of the Socialists. Marx and Engels, the founding fathers of Communism, believed that workers are often wrongly persecuted and should be treated with respect. They should be given rights, for example, having shorter working days, more variety within their work etc. William Morris, whose philosophy is described as Marxism, echoes this opinion. These three people, along with their followers and sympathisers, believe that workers rights should include education for all, work for all, and that workers should never be persecuted or taken advantage of. William Morris (associated with “Useful work vs. useless toil”) in particular believes that work is good, providing it is done in an acceptable manner. He believed that all men should work, as good work is blessing. Nature provides a situation where one must work in order to survive. He writes that for work to be described as ‘good’ it must meet the following criteria (hopes); the hop

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