![]() ![]() Luther contributed to the early development of the capitalist spirit by encouraging the idea of labor as a duty. Why is Luther not a direct inventor of the capitalist spirit? Thus, his philosophy is not a hedonistic one. ![]() Rather, he transforms the idea of making money into something that is not necessarily pleasurable, but simply a necessity. Because Franklin views this accumulation of wealth as a duty, however, he does not intend it to encourage people to pursue only their pleasure. Weber explains that Franklin’s text does not actually encourage hedonism, although it does support the accumulation of wealth as an end in itself. ![]() How does Benjamin Franklin’s treatise differ from an encouragement of hedonism? Instead, Weber will go on to show that, actually, stronger piety is correlated with stronger economic performance, as well. However, how this began in the first place is difficult to explain, because one would expect that stricter religion would mean less participation in economic pursuits. ![]() He explains that, historically, Protestants have more accumulated wealth. Weber points out that this trend does not seem to make sense based on historical or national explanations. Why is it so unexpected that Protestants would be more economically successful than Catholics, in Weber’s time? ![]()
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