Eudaimonic Jobs
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9684897 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Naidu (0000-0002-9774-1678, corresponding author), Suresh Naidu |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 152 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 119-124 |
| Publication date | 2023-02-28 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Daedalus (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0011-5266 • E-ISSN: 1548-6192 |
| Publisher | MIT Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1162/daed_a_01968 |
| OpenAlex | W4322485459 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
John Ahlquist's essay proposes a notion of “decent jobs” that is multidimensional, context-dependent, and dynamic. I suggest a simple test for “decent work”: work that the worker thinks is valued by people whom the worker values (a measure of exemplary virtue, hence eudaimonic). High pay in a cash society is but one such signal of value, and much labor is provided without that signal. I advocate making relationship-building, decision-making, and sheer time and care required by democratic self-government part of what we consider “decent work,” a democratic corvée we impose on ourselves
Cash · Context (archaeology · Democracy · Economics · Eudaimonia · Government (linguistics · Law and economics · Political science · Politics · Positive economics · Public relations · Sociology · Test (biology · Value (mathematics · Virtue · Work (physics · Computer Science · Law · Philosophy · Political Economy and Marxism · Political Philosophy and Ethics · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |