What does economic success have to do with what we consider honest, how we approach work, and how willing we are to stand up to those in power? More than 120 years after its publication, Max Weber’s work on the Protestant ethic still raises pressing questions for Hungary. Péter Ákos…
Protestant ethic
According to Max Weber’s famous thesis, Protestant ethics was one of the key driving forces behind the emergence of modern capitalism. Does this mean, however, that the capitalist economic and social order can be theologically justified? The author argues that it cannot; indeed, capitalism may rather be understood as a…