Working: Its Meaning and Its Limits (Ethics of Everyday Life) [Paperback]

Gilbert C., JR. Meilaender (Editor)

Product Details

• Paperback: 272 pages
• Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press (February 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0268019622
• ISBN-13: 978-0268019624
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,473,525 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3.0 out of 5 stars A Classic Approach To Work, December 8, 2000

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Keith Johnson (Cape Canaveral, Fl USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Working: Its Meaning and Its Limits (Ethics of Everyday Life) (Paperback)

This book is a refreshing review of why we work and how we should enjoy the work we do everyday. Rooted in many of the philosphers from the past to the current, this book points you to seach your soul on whether you are working to satisfy and income requirement or becuase you are working for enjoying while getting paid at the same time. Truly this book intends to encourage you to enjoy your work and if you do not enjoy your work FIND one you do enjoy.

5.0 out of 5 stars An Approach to Work from Many Perspectives, May 29, 2008

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Kate "learner" (Massachusetts) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Working: Its Meaning and Its Limits (Ethics of Everyday Life) (Paperback)

This book, edited by Meilaender, guides the reader in its different aspects. Because the chapters are by different authors from various backgrounds, having them all complied into an orderly book adds more value to it. It is up to the reader to formulate their final opinion on what work is to them, derived from Karl Marx, Rudyard Kipling, Aristotle, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, John Calvin, Karl Barth, William Shakespeare, Mark Twain,and Abraham Joshua Heschel. If that's not a diversity of opinions of life, I'm not sure what would be.