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Why do Marx and Engels believe the class struggle between the bourgeoisie and the proletariat will have a different result from all previous class struggles in recorded history? Why do they think this conflict will result in the creation of a classless society?
Your response to the question below should be at least 175 words long.
Marx and Engels forward ten measures to revolutionize the mode of production that should be applicable wherever communist uprisings take place. Of the ten (ex. free education for children, centralization of credit, etc.) which are in place (in full or in part) in the United States? Do any seem likely to become further entrenched or initiated in the near term?
Your response to the question below should be at least 200 words long.
In the Communist Manifesto, the authors seek to abolish the family, all countries, and all nationalities? What problems do they represent? Why is getting rid of them seen as desirable? Are we moving closer to these goals?
Your response to the question below should be at least 175 words long.
Why do Marx and Engels insist that the abolition of private property is central to revolutionary change?
PART 2
Write a brief essay (at least three pages, double spaced, 12-point font, and one-inch margins) responding to the prompt below.
But Communism abolishes eternal truths, it abolishes all religion, and all morality, instead of constituting them on a new basis; it therefore acts in contradiction to all past historical experience.
Why would Marx and Engels find it necessary to abolish religion to realize communism? How might religion be an obstacle to carrying out their revolutionary goals? Is it possible to abolish religion? Are humans simply spiritual beings? Was the call to abolish religion a mistake a source of opposition?
PART 3
You will complete four different experiments that utilize different learning strategies that will be discussed in this course. For each experiment you are to identify a behavior that you would like changed. The behavior can be your own or someone elses in your environment (spouse, pet, parent). After the behavior is identified, you will develop a plan to change that behavior using the specific learning principle for that experiment. You will implement the training procedure with your individual. The paper that will be turned in for credit will consist of a) identification of the target behavior, b) plan to change said behavior, c) how the plan was implemented in full detail, and d) the
