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Contributor: banquosghost
Date: 2003-03-12 20:51:59
You really ought to get to your local library and get a copy of this book. Systems of Survival:
A Dialogue on the Moral Foundations of Commerce and Politics
by Jane Jacobs
The following was copied from http://www.ecobooks.com/systems.htm
MORAL SYNDROME A
Shun force
Come to voluntary agreements
Be honest
Collaborate easily with strangers and aliens
Compete
Respect contracts
Use initiative and enterprise
Be open to inventiveness and novelty
Be efficient
Promote comfort and convenience
Dissent for the sake of the task
Invest for productive purposes
Be industrious
Be thrifty
Be optimistic
MORAL SYNDROME B
Shun trading
Exert prowess
Be obedient and disciplined
Adhere to tradition
Respect hierarchy
Be loyal
Take vengeance
Deceive for the sake of the task
Make rich use of leisure
Be ostentatious
Dispense largesse
Be exclusive
Show fortitude
Be fatalistic
Treasure honor
She characterizes "A" as "Traders" and "B" as "Guardians".
There's almost no way short of a full dissertation to do full credit to the work. Just read it. It's fascinating and more relevant than I can say.
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