ABSTRACT
The underlying cause of the incompatibility of large organizations with human liberty and happiness is to be found in the system of the division of labour which lies at their base and upon which they are built. If the object of industry is to cheapen wares as much as possible, then the system of the division of labour is a real blessing ; but if, on the other hand, its object is to produce men and human happiness, then it must be pronounced the greatest curse that has ever befallen mankind. With equal truth it may be affirmed that “all social analysis begins with the nature of man,” and for the purposes of social reconstruction it is the real starting-point, because, as it is necessary to act through men if people are going to change things, a theory of social reconstruction which makes nature of man the starting-point in its analysis will have a very direct bearing upon human possibilities.
