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Undeveloped
spirit of
capitalism
Highly developed
spirit of
capitalism
i.e. only the Protestants and their capitalist descendants think that making
money can actually be the sign that somebody is a good person. Because
they connect personal honor with economic enterprise, they set up a
system of rules for pursuing vigorous trade while being scrupulously
honest.
Legalizes and
gives Gods
approval to
Acquisition
The Protestant Ethic broke the hold of tradition by calling people to apply
themselves rationally to their work. Behavior had come to be dominated by
instrumental rationality, the efficient application of means to ends, replacing
other types of social action.