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Ethics Worksheet for:
ALIENATION UNDER CAPITALISM,
Erich Fromm
As we discuss the reading, fill in the blanks below.


  I. Definitions of "alienation:"

  
A. Basic meaning
B. Similarities to 
"Idolatry:"


 

 1 

2.

II. Effects of Alienation
A. on the worker:

 

 

 
B. on the manager:

 

 

 
C. on the bureaucrat:

 

 

 
D. on the owner:

 

 

 
E. on consumption
1. in acquisition:


 

 
2. in use:

 
 

 
 
3. in understanding:

 
 
F. on social forces:
 
 

 

 
G. on man's relationship
to fellow men:
 

 

 
H. on man's relationship
to himself:

 
 
I. on the basic problems 
of human existence:
 
 

 

 
J. on the need to 
exchange

 

III. Examples of each of the above taken from the play DEATH OF A SALESMAN.

Effects of Alienation. Give an example by describing a particular scene from  the play.
A. worker:
B. manager:
C. bureaucrat
D. owner:
E. consumption
1. in acquisition:

2. in use:

3. in understanding
 

:


 
F. social forces:
 
G. man's relationship to fellow men:
 
H. man's relationship to himself:
 
I. basic problems of human existence

:
J. on the need to exchange: