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The Promotion of a Secular Work Ethic

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posted on 2024-11-14, 01:19 authored by Sharon Beder
[Extract] The compulsion to work has clearly become pathological in modern industrial societies. Millions of people are working long hours, devoting their lives to making or doing things that will not enrich their lives or make them happier but will add to the garbage and pollution that the earth is finding difficult to accommodate. They are so busy doing this that they have little time to spend with their family and friends, to develop other aspects of themselves, to participate in their communities as full citizens. ...... Despite the dysfunctionality of the work ethic it continues to be promoted and praised, accepted and acquiesced to. It is one of the least challenged aspects of industrial culture. Yet it is based on myths and fallacies which provide legitimacy for gross social inequalities. If we are to protect the planet and our social health we need to find new ways of judging and valuing each other which are not work and income dependent.

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Beder, S, The Promotion of a Secular Work Ethic, M/C - A Journal of Media and Culture, 4(5), 2001.

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M/C: A Journal of Media and Culture

Volume

4

Issue

5

Language

English

RIS ID

5675

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