Wikipedia defines the work ethic as:
There's so much that can be said about the work ethic, but for now I'm wondering if the work ethic is truly ethical. It appears to favor those who own businesses and makes the wealthy out to be virtuous while the poor are living in vice--both views having little truth to them. The work ethic appears to sow social discord by painting many minorities as bad, and those minorities include single parents, some ethnic groups, and the disabled.
In other words, "work" is good and will make you a good person! Many people take this understanding of the work ethic a step further and see those who presumably don't work as lacking good character. They're lazy and take advantage of the efforts of others. The resentment on the part of "workers" against these presumably lazy and shiftless people is largely rooted in the requirement to have taxes withheld from wages--tax money taken from some people and given to others. The bad rob from the good with the government's help!Work ethic is a belief that work and diligence have a moral benefit and an inherent ability, virtue or value to strengthen character and individual abilities. Desire or determination to work serves as the foundation for values centered on the importance of work or industrious work. Social ingrainment of this value is considered to enhance character through hard work that is respective to an individual's field of work.
There's so much that can be said about the work ethic, but for now I'm wondering if the work ethic is truly ethical. It appears to favor those who own businesses and makes the wealthy out to be virtuous while the poor are living in vice--both views having little truth to them. The work ethic appears to sow social discord by painting many minorities as bad, and those minorities include single parents, some ethnic groups, and the disabled.