Protestant ethic
Industriousness as virtue
The Protestant ethic is a moral framework valuing hard work, discipline, self-denial, and worldly success as signs of virtue or divine favor.
The concept, developed by sociologist Max Weber, links Calvinist religious values to the rise of capitalism.
The phrase often appears critically: The Protestant ethic has Americans working themselves to death.
Also called the Protestant work ethic or simply the work ethic.
Study of human communities
- CalvinismPredestinarian Protestant theology
- predestinationDivinely predetermined fate
- rationalizationInventing acceptable motives afterward
- PuritanismProtestant reform movement
calling · vocation · elect · secularization · Martin Luther · John Calvin · Lutheranism · Methodism
Economical resource management
- self-denialRestraining one's own desires
- temperanceHabitual moderation in behavior
- austerityEnforced economic stringency
- simplicityLack of complexity
sobriety · restraint · moderation · abstinence · plain living · renunciation · piety · humility
Creating and managing ventures
- profit motiveDrive to earn money
- wealth accumulationProcess of gathering assets
- industrializationTransition to factory-based economy
- investmentDeploying capital for returns
free market · self-made · bootstrapping · enterprise · thrift · reinvestment · meritocracy · delayed gratification
Ability to restrain impulses
- diligenceCareful, persistent effort
- industriousnessHabitual hard work
- punctualityBeing on time
- orderlinessMethodical arrangement of things
perseverance · conscientiousness · rigor · methodical · time management · steadfastness · regimen · delayed gratification
Moral goodness or merit
- righteousnessMoral correctness or virtue
- dutyRequired moral task
- integrityMoral soundness and consistency
- conscienceInternal moral sense
uprightness · rectitude · probity · honesty · scruples · responsibility · accountability · sincerity
sociology
Study of human communities
- CalvinismPredestinarian Protestant theology
- predestinationDivinely predetermined fate
- rationalizationInventing acceptable motives afterward
Puritanism · calling · vocation · elect · secularization · Martin Luther · John Calvin · Lutheranism · Methodism · Providence
frugality
Economical resource management
- self-denialRestraining one's own desires
- temperanceHabitual moderation in behavior
- austerityEnforced economic stringency
simplicity · sobriety · restraint · moderation · abstinence · plain living · renunciation · piety · humility · self-sacrifice
entrepreneurship
Creating and managing ventures
- profit motiveDrive to earn money
- wealth accumulationProcess of gathering assets
- industrializationTransition to factory-based economy
investment · free market · self-made · bootstrapping · enterprise · thrift · reinvestment · meritocracy · delayed gratification · productivity
self-control
Ability to restrain impulses
- diligenceCareful, persistent effort
- industriousnessHabitual hard work
- punctualityBeing on time
orderliness · perseverance · conscientiousness · rigor · methodical · time management · steadfastness · regimen · delayed gratification · willpower
virtue
Moral goodness or merit
- righteousnessMoral correctness or virtue
- dutyRequired moral task
- integrityMoral soundness and consistency
conscience · uprightness · rectitude · probity · honesty · scruples · responsibility · accountability · sincerity · godliness
- work valuesintegrity, honesty, reliability, job satisfaction, dedication
- ProtestantismLutheran, Baptist, Methodist, Presbyterian, Lutheranism
- Weberrationalization, iron cage, disenchantment, social action, legitimacy
- ReformationMartin Luther, John Calvin, 95 Theses, Luther, Wittenberg
- PrussiaPrussian blue, East Prussia, Frederick the Great, Bismarck, Kingdom
- Scots-IrishScots-Irish, Ulster, Londonderry, Belfast, Presbyterian
Protestant ethichedonism
Pursuit of gratification
pleasure principle · epicureanism · self-indulgence · instant gratification · profligacy
Protestant ethicvow of poverty
Pledge to forsake wealth
prosperity gospel · fatalism · anti-materialism · communalism
Protestant, ethic, Protestantism, protest, protestation, protester, protestor, protested, protesting