The dual nature of the Protestant work ethic and the birth of utilitarianism
Locke and the progressive work ethic
How conservatives hijacked the work ethic and turned it against workers
Welfare reform, famine, and the ideology of the conservative work ethic
The progressive work ethic (1): Smith, Ricardo, and Ricardian socialists
The progressive work ethic (2): J. S. Mill
The progressive work ethic (3): Marx
Social democracy as the culmination of the progressive work ethic
Hijacked again: neoliberalism as the return of the conservative work ethic
Conclusion: What should the work ethic mean for us today?
