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@article{ART001263093},
author={소병철},
title={The New Orientation of Work Ethic: Focusing on the Problems of the Opportunity and Quality of Work},
journal={Philosophical Investigation},
issn={1598-7213},
year={2008},
volume={23},
pages={119-146},
doi={10.33156/philos.2008.23..005}

TY - JOUR
AU - 소병철
TI - The New Orientation of Work Ethic: Focusing on the Problems of the Opportunity and Quality of Work
JO - Philosophical Investigation
PY - 2008
VL - 23
IS - null
PB - Institute of philosophy in Chung-Ang Univ.
SP - 119
EP - 146
SN - 1598-7213
AB - Our work is, in essence, a means of our living and an opportunity of our autonomous self-realization. But it is now faced with two serious trials, mass unemployment and work alienation. Namely, the considerable proportion of the whole work force is being driven to despair because of the scarcity of the opportunity to work, and its majority is suffering from the working conditions which ruin the personal autonomy of workers and injure their physical and mental health. The problem is that we don't have the canons of public and social action, with which we can cope with those trials yet. The traditional Protestant work ethic has not been concerned about the solution of such structural troubles, but only has stimulated their victims, workers to exert themselves more and more. According to such an ethic, work must be a God's calling and a test of his grace, although it is an abominable toil which ruins workers' autonomy and extremely exhausts their mind and body. For that reason, such an ethic imposes an absolute duty to work diligently on numerous powerless workers, but never considers them as the proper subjects of human rights. And so it must be replaced with a certain kind of social ethics which attaches importance to the substantial ensuring of the opportunities to work and the quality of work life. In this paper, I will grope for the possibilities of such a new work ethic from the viewpoint of a critical social ethics, focusing on the two themes of 'the opportunity to work' and 'the quality of work'.
KW - Protestant work ethic;new work ethic;mass unemployment;work alienation;autonomous self-realization
DO - 10.33156/philos.2008.23..005
ER -

소병철. (2008). The New Orientation of Work Ethic: Focusing on the Problems of the Opportunity and Quality of Work. Philosophical Investigation, 23, 119-146.

소병철. 2008, "The New Orientation of Work Ethic: Focusing on the Problems of the Opportunity and Quality of Work", Philosophical Investigation, vol.23, pp.119-146. Available from: doi:10.33156/philos.2008.23..005

소병철 "The New Orientation of Work Ethic: Focusing on the Problems of the Opportunity and Quality of Work" Philosophical Investigation 23 pp.119-146 (2008) : 119.

소병철. The New Orientation of Work Ethic: Focusing on the Problems of the Opportunity and Quality of Work. 2008; 23 119-146. Available from: doi:10.33156/philos.2008.23..005

소병철. "The New Orientation of Work Ethic: Focusing on the Problems of the Opportunity and Quality of Work" Philosophical Investigation 23(2008) : 119-146.doi: 10.33156/philos.2008.23..005

소병철. The New Orientation of Work Ethic: Focusing on the Problems of the Opportunity and Quality of Work. Philosophical Investigation, 23, 119-146. doi: 10.33156/philos.2008.23..005

소병철. The New Orientation of Work Ethic: Focusing on the Problems of the Opportunity and Quality of Work. Philosophical Investigation. 2008; 23 119-146. doi: 10.33156/philos.2008.23..005

소병철. The New Orientation of Work Ethic: Focusing on the Problems of the Opportunity and Quality of Work. 2008; 23 119-146. Available from: doi:10.33156/philos.2008.23..005

소병철. "The New Orientation of Work Ethic: Focusing on the Problems of the Opportunity and Quality of Work" Philosophical Investigation 23(2008) : 119-146.doi: 10.33156/philos.2008.23..005