@booklet {2536, title = {"The Perplexities of John Forstice"}, howpublished = {The Collected Stories of Bertrand Russell}, year = {1972}, month = {1972}, pages = {17-43}, publisher = {George Allen \& Unwin}, address = {London}, abstract = {

Discussion of the nature of the good life modeled on 1877 Mallock.\ In his The Prospects of Industrial Civilization. New York/London: Century, 1923, written in collaboration with his then wife Dora Russell (1894-1986), he lays out a few of the basic principles that he contends are necessary for a good life. Fundamental to his vision is \“The greatest possible amount of free development of individuals\” (279), which requires \“a compromise between justice and freedom\” (279). And he goes on to say that \“In a just world, no one will inherit money, no one will own more land than he can cultivate himself, no one will be supported in idleness if he is physically fit to work\” and \“no one will be allowed to starve\” (280). Standing in the way \ are \“Greed, the lust for power, and the tyranny of custom\” (287).

}, keywords = {English author, Male author, Welsh author}, author = {Bertrand [Arthur William] Russell (1872-1970)}, editor = {Barry Feinberg} }