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'''The first, original view of work''' was best held by [[Adam]] and [[Eve]] in their original, [[unfallen]] state.

'''The first, original view of work''' was best held by [[Adam]] and [[Eve]] in their original, [[unfallen]] state.

But, in the fallen world, and from a naively secular perspective, work appears to be an ambiguous blend of joyous productivity and unpleasant [[toil]]. So, while work may be defined simply as productive activity, such a definition falls short of an enlightened, humane perspective, resulting, over time, in an increasingly disparate socio-politico-economic system by the error of what may be called the "Divine Right of the Work Ethic".  

But, in the fallen world, and from a naively secular perspective, work appears to be an ambiguous blend of joyous productivity and more-or-less unpleasant [[toil]]. So, while work may be defined simply as productive activity, such a definition falls short of an enlightened, humane perspective, resulting, over time, in an increasingly disparate socio-politico-economic system by the error of what may be called the "Divine Right of the Work Ethic".  

'''This is the second view of work''', and those who hold it have either no care or no comprehension of its long-term consequences. It is against those consequences that God commanded capital punishment within His own nation for those who willfully violate the Sabbath by so much as toiling and trading for personal gain.

'''This is the second view of work''', and those who hold it have either no care or no comprehension of its long-term consequences. It is against those consequences that God commanded capital punishment within His own nation for those who willfully violate the Sabbath by so much as toiling and trading for personal gain.

'''The fourth view of work''' is that which is constructed in opposition to all three other views, for sake of saving humankind from the selfishness of "unenlightened" (real and imagined) individuals, if not also from the "superstition" (real and imagined) of the masses. This fourth view was most notably held by [[Karl Marx]] and the official leaders of the USSR; and, since it consists in normalizing the glory of humankind at the expense of both conforming and "non-conforming" individuals of the human kind, is immediately [[bankrupt]] and [[parasitical]], if not also [[legalistic]]. It is distinguished from a voluntary communal lifestyle, which may exemplify either an ambiguous or an informed view of work.

'''The fourth view of work''' is that which is constructed in opposition to all three other views, for sake of saving humankind from the selfishness of "unenlightened" (real and imagined) individuals, if not also from the "superstition" (real and imagined) of the masses. This fourth view was most notably held by [[Karl Marx]] and the official leaders of the USSR; and, since it consists in normalizing the glory of humankind at the expense of both conforming and "non-conforming" individuals of the human kind, is immediately [[bankrupt]] and [[parasitical]], if not also [[legalistic]]. It is distinguished from a voluntary communal lifestyle, which may exemplify either an ambiguous or an informed view of work.

== See also ==

== See also ==

*[[Essay:Best New Conservative Words]]

*[[Essay:Best New Conservative Words]]