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| Protestant ethics: The Protestant ethic, in Max Weber's view, is a set of values and beliefs that emphasize hard work, frugality, and self-discipline. Weber argued that these values were conducive to the rise of capitalism, as they encouraged people to accumulate wealth and invest it in businesses. See also Ethics, Ethics of conviction, Capitalism, Labour._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Jürgen Habermas on Protestant Ethics - Dictionary of Arguments
III 318 Protestant Ethics/Habermas: is by no means an exemplary, but a distorted, highly irrational embodiment of moral consciousness, which is first expressed in the ethics of religious brotherhood. R. Döbert has analysed this ambiguity of professional ethics.(1) >Professional ethics, >Ethics/Weber, >Morality, >Rationality, >Procedural rationality. III 319 Döbert: For example, structures of consciousness are only selectively used: especially through the particularism of grace of a god whose conclusion is in principle unfathomable. >Grace, >God, >Religion, >Society. Selectivity is also evident in the isolation of the religious individual, who even within his/her own community adjusts to instrumental behavior. 1. R. Döbert, Systemtheorie und die Entwicklung religiöser Deutungssysteme, Frankfurt 1973.S. 544ff._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Ha I J. Habermas Der philosophische Diskurs der Moderne Frankfurt 1988 Ha III Jürgen Habermas Theorie des kommunikativen Handelns Bd. I Frankfurt/M. 1981 Ha IV Jürgen Habermas Theorie des kommunikativen Handelns Bd. II Frankfurt/M. 1981 |
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