Why do we think hard work is virtuous? Max Weber’s Protestant Ethic gives a sharp answer
- Written by Chris Fleming, Associate Professor in the School of Humanities and Communication Arts, Western Sydney University
Lathe operator – Howard R. Hollem (1939).Public domain, via Wikimedia CommonsNot long ago, a relative of mine told me he had been working so hard in the yard that he’d “literally thrown up”. He didn’t offer this as a health update, or to warn me about overexertion. It was, oddly enough, a boast.
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