In Alison Jaggar's Feminist Politics and Human Nature, she discusses, among other topics, human nature and its links to capitalism and socialist feminism. Although Jaggar offers a strong and valid argument to justify his position on why work is horrible under capitalism and that workers who use an error theory are not inherently lazy, I will criticize the theory of Jaggar's error and, consequently, his views (as well as some of Marx's views) on capitalism more broadly. I believe that Alison Jaggar does not have a strong argument in her error theory against Thomas Malthus, strictly because of her interpretation of why capitalism is horrible due to Jaggar's interpretation of value intrinsic under capitalism. A look at Jaggar's view of capitalism and how it isolates workers. , Human Nature and the Response to Thomas Malthus (quotes summarized with actual quotes from text readings) Jaggar supported Karl Marx in the sense that they both believed that the capitalist alienates the worker under capitalism and even exploits the worker. According to Marx, the worker must freely create a product in order to develop his abilities. But under capitalism, the worker who creates a product has no control over how the product is made, what product is made, or what to do with the product once it is finished. Marx argues that the strong bond that should exist between worker and product is fragmented; workers are therefore alienated under capitalism. He also argues that workers are often enemies because they compete for jobs offered by the capitalist (Lecture, 10/7). Jaggar then goes on to describe human nature. To summarize, it is human nature to work deliberately to transform our world...... middle of paper ...... could answer Thomas Malthus in a more effective way. Even if the error theory is unfounded, I am the type to accept his vision of an economic democracy, even if capitalism remains an excellent alternative. His arguments against compulsory motherhood, compulsory heterosexuality and the work structure would also remain valid and strong. Conclusion Ultimately, Jaggar's Error Theory is unfounded due to a fundamental misinterpretation of capitalism in which Jaggar believes that labor is generally a horrible economic system, when in reality it is not. It's not so bad. Work is not so terrible under capitalism due to the nature of capitalism which promotes competition to encourage entrepreneurship, which benefits society as a whole compared to socialist feminism. Although Jaggar's error theory is unfounded, the rest of his theory remains unchanged..