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This is a 5 page paper that provides an overview of work in western society. The cultural conception of work as a virtue is examined, in light of the value of leisure. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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listed below. Citation styles constantly change, and these examples may not contain the most recent updates. The Real Value of a "Hard Days Work" , 10/2010
--properly! In contemporary Western society, work has become increasingly equated with worth. Work is the standard by which the content of
ones character is judged. There is a pervasive conception that individuals who hold down full time jobs are somehow more responsible or motivated than those who do not. It is
not uncommon to hear jobless individuals referred to as "bums", regardless of their reasons for not engaging in work. There are frequent attempts at instilling guilt for not working, stressing
the idea that previous generations toiled to provide "opportunities" to the present generation, and that by not working, those opportunities are being squandered, or by asserting that those who do
not work are a "drain on the economy", regardless of the extent to which those individuals employ the use of public services. "Jobs" are so inherently valuable to Americans that
theyve recently become the primary argument in the ongoing immigration debate. All in all, western society seems to feel that work is essential for human flourishing, and that without a
job, one cannot contribute to humanity in any significant way. Of course, society has not always felt this way. The real problem
is that the conception of "work", as it is used today, has little to do with productivity and more to do with the administration of time. In the past, the
wage system was totally unheard of. Individuals worked at particular jobs with particular goals in mind, and then their jobs were done when those goals were met, and they were
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