Online Exam (To be submitted on February 22, 2012)

Social Science 2

Online Exam

22 February 2012

THIS IS NOT ONLY A TEST OF YOUR MEMORY BUT ALSO, AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, A TEST OF YOUR CAPACITY FOR CRITICAL THOUGHT

If you think the propositions below are defective, explain what is wrong and how to set it right:

1. Marx totally repudiated Adam Smith's theory that the only source of new value is capital that is managed by innovative capitalists.

2. Like Plato, Marx advocated the abolition of the family.

3. In the Communist Manifesto, Marx and Engels proposed the abolition of all forms of private property and the collective ownership of everything.

4. Marx was a champion of militant atheism. On the ground that "religion is the opium of the people," he espoused a godless society.

5. To know Marx's vision of a communist society, one should read Das Kapital.