Project Gutenberg 2006-06-16 Public domain in the USA. 254 Sumner, William Graham 1840 1910 What Social Classes Owe to Each Other Produced by Jeff G., Jeannie Howse and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "What Social Classes Owe to Each Other" by William Graham Sumner is a sociopolitical treatise written in the late 19th century. The work critically examines the interactions and responsibilities between different social classes, specifically addressing the notion of duty among the rich and poor in society. Sumner aims to challenge the prevailing sentiments of his time regarding wealth redistribution and the perceived obligations of the affluent to support the less fortunate. The opening of the text sets the stage for an exploration of the social problems that plague society, particularly the confusion surrounding class definitions and rights. Sumner begins by interrogating who has the right to demand solutions for societal issues, establishing a dichotomy between the prosperous and those less fortunate. He critiques the notion that the wealthy owe their comforts to the labor of the poor, suggesting instead that individuals must take responsibility for their own lives. The introduction foreshadows a discourse on economic principles, individual responsibility, and the potential pitfalls of class-based sentiments and policies, which will be further dissected in the subsequent chapters. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 56.1 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. en Economics Social ethics HN Text Category: Sociology Category: Politics Category: Economics 234232 2025-08-08T05:22:35.121371 text/html 229006 2006-06-16T10:53:28 text/html 179618 2025-08-08T05:22:42.351329 application/epub+zip 180781 2025-08-08T05:22:38.718349 application/epub+zip 154468 2025-08-08T05:22:37.348349 application/epub+zip 342132 2025-08-08T05:22:44.969318 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 320690 2025-08-08T05:22:41.491333 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 291372 2022-09-09T04:41:56.246508 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 209934 2025-08-08T05:22:34.658359 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 209842 2006-06-16T10:53:28 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 209831 2006-06-16T10:53:28 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 20486 2025-08-08T05:22:45.094300 application/rdf+xml 15963 2025-08-08T05:22:37.858329 image/jpeg 3745 2025-08-08T05:22:37.613360 image/jpeg 76065 2006-06-16T10:53:28 application/octet-stream application/zip 80202 2006-06-16T10:53:28 application/octet-stream application/zip 76032 2006-06-16T10:53:28 application/octet-stream application/zip 171040 2025-08-08T05:22:35.140367 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia