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  • And while I realize that Candid Engineer v. the American Work Ethic is not going to be much of a contest, I believe that it is the only place I can start.

    All in a Day's Work Candid Engineer 2008

  • The much-discussed Protestant Ethic is only a minor part of Weber's general theory of capitalism, which focuses on institutions and practices that impede or foster calculability. back

    How Taiwan Became Chinese 2006

  • "The End of the Work Ethic" is quite directly related to the fact that under electric conditions of the new information environment it is no longer possible to have a mere goal.

    The End of the Work Ethic 1972

  • A blogger has the legal right to accuse without evidence, yet the blogger is not morally justified in failing to treat other human beings with equanimity, i.e. the blogger is not morally justified in failing to follow the virtually universal religious/philosophical injunction which is variously known as Ethic of Reciprocity, Golden Rule, Silver Rule, et al.

    Robert Byrd dies at 92 2010

  • One reason for this peculiarity is that the Ethic was the result of long meditation.

    Pages from a Journal with Other Papers Mark Rutherford 1872

  • Part of his work was used for the fourth book of the Dunciad, and the remainder corresponds to what are now called the Ethic Epistles.

    Alexander Pope English Men of Letters Series Leslie Stephen 1868

  • The language seems to apply best to the poems afterwards called the Ethic Epistles, though, at this time, Pope, perhaps, had not a very clear plan in his head, and was working at different parts simultaneously.

    Alexander Pope English Men of Letters Series Leslie Stephen 1868

  • This is also called the Ethic of consequences that result from choosing one action Reciprocity.

    Recently Uploaded Slideshows martins0105 2009

  • That particular interpretation of ancient scripture downplayed the story of the Good Samaritan and the need for caring for "the least" among us, so those who bought (and continue to buy) the "Ethic" aren’t saddled with any serious community-building obligations.

    Are we still capable of educating for 'us-ness?' Valerie Strauss 2010

  • The Protestant Ethic and the “Spirit” of Capitalism.

    A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010

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