首页
登录
职称英语
To what extent are the unemployed failing in their duty to society to work,
To what extent are the unemployed failing in their duty to society to work,
游客
2023-07-27
67
管理
问题
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 1971-1972. Rising unemployment and increased stuns 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 unemployed.
In 1972 there were critics who said that the State’s action in allowing unemployment to rise was a faithless act, a breaking of the social contract between society and the worker. Yet in the main any contribution by employers to unemployment such as laying off workers in order to introduce technological changes and maximize profits tended to be ignored. And it was the unemployed who were accused of failing to honor the social contract, by not fulfilling their duty to society to work. In spite of general concern at the scale to the unemployment statistics, when the unemployed were considered as individuals, they tended to attract scorn and threats of punishment. Their capacities and motivation as workers and their value as members of society became suspect. The unemployed were accused of being responsible for their own workless condition, and doubts were expressed about the State’ s obligation either to provide them with the security of work or to support them through Social Security.
Underlying the arguments about unemployment and the unemployed is a basic disagreement about the nature and meaning of work in society. To what extent can or should work be regarded as a service, not only performed by the worker for society but also made secure for the worker by the State, and supported if necessary? And apart from cash are there social pressures and satisfactions which cause individuals to seek and keep work, so that the workless need work rather than just cash? [br] According to the author, in the 1971-1972 crisis ______.
选项
A、the State and the employers were equally to blame for allowing unemployment to rise
B、the unemployed did not fulfill their social duty to find jobs
C、the role played by the employers in creating unemployment was not recognized
D、the state was guilty of breaking the social contract by letting unemployment increase
答案
C
解析
第2段第2句说雇主对失业的促成作用……往往被忽视(句中in the main。意为“基本上;大体上”)。 C项恰合此意,为正确答案。A项,文中无此说法。B项是对失业者的不正当指责。D项是一些critics (批评家)的说法,而非作者的意见。
转载请注明原文地址:https://tihaiku.com/zcyy/2873515.html
相关试题推荐
GenerationXXLAsocietyofobesechildren
GenerationXXLAsocietyofobesechildren
GenerationXXLAsocietyofobesechildren
GenerationXXLAsocietyofobesechildren
GenerationXXLAsocietyofobesechildren
GenerationXXLAsocietyofobesechildren
IndealingwithstrangerstheruleforBritishsocietyisthatyoumustavoi
IndealingwithstrangerstheruleforBritishsocietyisthatyoumustavoi
IndealingwithstrangerstheruleforBritishsocietyisthatyoumustavoi
IndealingwithstrangerstheruleforBritishsocietyisthatyoumustavoi
随机试题
Accordingtothespeakers,whatfunctionhastapaplayedinthefollowingcountr
Onanaverageofsixtimesaday,adoctorinHollandpractices"active"eutha
具有报警和检修作用的是下列哪个部件()。
MHC限制性是指A.抗原与抗体结合受MC限制 B.补体激活受MHC限制 C.
当水泥实测强度达不到所标注的强度等级时,该水泥应判定为不合格品。()
简述十二指肠溃疡外科手术治疗指征?
以下哪项是导致糖尿病的主要因素A.胰岛素绝对或相对缺乏 B.胰岛素分泌过多
《变电运维管理规定第21分册端子箱及检修电源箱运维细则》:在对变电站进行全面巡视
C各项依次写为。各项分子组成一个公比为2的等比数列,各项分母组成一个等差数列,相邻两项之差依次是2,3,4,5,(6)。
各种运输方式内外部的各个方面的构成和联系,就是( )。 A.运输系统
最新回复
(
0
)