College of Business Administration

Seminar in Business and the Good Society

Written Assignment 1

1) In opening his novel, Bellamy invokes the metaphor of a coach as a means to offer commentary on issues of distributive justice. Just what is the point of this metaphor? What is Bellamy saying about the world in which he lived? Does this metaphor 'work' as a description of American society today? Why or why not?

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