Perspectives on work in American culture
This essay compares five different conceptions of the nature of work: capitalist, Christian, Buddhist, republican, and environmentalist. The capitalist perspective on the nature of work profoundly affects our common conceptions about the nature of work as well as our experiences with work. Neverthel...
| Published in: | Journal of interdisciplinary studies |
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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Institute for Interdisciplinary Research
2004
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Journal of interdisciplinary studies
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
USA
/ Work
/ Ideal (motif)
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| RelBib Classification: | KBQ North America NCE Business ethics |
| Summary: | This essay compares five different conceptions of the nature of work: capitalist, Christian, Buddhist, republican, and environmentalist. The capitalist perspective on the nature of work profoundly affects our common conceptions about the nature of work as well as our experiences with work. Nevertheless, there are also non-economic conceptions of the nature of work that are effective, influential and contribute to a moral marketplace. The four non-economic traditions suggest ideals of what work ought to be, and ways through which one may transform the experience of work while living in a democratic capitalist culture. Further, the fact that the four different non-economic traditions can agree in characterizing work as a calling gives credence to the notion that an interdisciplinary and interfaith conception about the ideals of work can be attained. |
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| Item Description: | Rubrikentitel: Can the market be moral? |
| ISSN: | 0890-0132 |
| Contains: | In: Journal of interdisciplinary studies
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