The Value of your Work
At the end of your day at work, have you made the world a better place?
| 66% (2) | Yes, what I do makes the world a better place. | |
|---|---|---|
| 33% (1) | No, I help produce a product/service that is trivial, but harmless. | |
| 0% (0) | No, I help produce a product/service that is bad for its consumers. | |
| 0% (0) | No, I help produce a product/service that makes life on earth generally worse. | |
| 0% (0) | No, I am ashamed of my contribution to global misery. | |
| 0% (0) | No, but I'm stilll proud to be a productive worker. |
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Do you feel that the customers of your workplace are being ripped off?
| 0% (0) | Yes, and I'm ashamed of my role. | |
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| 33% (1) | Yes, but I'm proud to be a productive worker. | |
| 66% (2) | No, our customers benefit by what I do. |
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Which of these applies best to your job?
| 100% (3) | My work does nobody any harm. | |
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| 0% (0) | My work gives immediate gratification to my customers, but bad for them overall. | |
| 0% (0) | My work is good for the world, even though it negatively affects people directly. | |
| 0% (0) | My work is basicly a useless rip-off. |
3 voters have answered this question.
Scenario: A welfare mom is retrained, and is offered a job as a telemarketer for a sleazy rip-off seller. Would you have more respect for her if she:
| 33% (1) | Took the job. | |
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| 66% (2) | Refused it and stayed on welfare. |
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To what extent to you think about the moral value of the job you do?
| 66% (2) | Never occurs to me. | |
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| 33% (1) | Sometimes I wonder. | |
| 0% (0) | I have serious doubts. | |
| 0% (0) | I know that I am being used for dubious purposes. | |
| 0% (0) | I enthusiastically rip the suckers off. |
3 voters have answered this question.
Bertrand Russell proposed a socio-economic order in which every person automatically receives just enough to live on, and those who wish more are free to work for extra income. There would be a natural balance between the need for production and the number of people willing to earn purchasing power. What do you think of this idea?
| 66% (2) | Absolutely morally wrong---everyone has a duty to work. | |
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| 0% (0) | Worth thinking about, but it has flaws. | |
| 0% (0) | Sounds like a reasonable idea. | |
| 33% (1) | I think it would be a great idea. |
3 voters have answered this question.
Assuming that you would earn the average hourly wage, how many hours a week would you like to work, or need to work to maintain your preferred lifestly?
| 0% (0) | None. I can get by by my wits. | |
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| 33% (1) | Less than 20. | |
| 33% (1) | 20-30. | |
| 0% (0) | 30-40. | |
| 33% (1) | 40-50. | |
| 0% (0) | 50-60. | |
| 0% (0) | More than 60. |
3 voters have answered this question.
Why do you work?
| 66% (2) | I need the money. | |
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| 33% (1) | I want the money. | |
| 0% (0) | I need to keep busy. | |
| 0% (0) | I'd be bored otherwise. | |
| 0% (0) | It is unethical/unpatriotic/immoral to not work. | |
| 0% (0) | I'd be ashamed to be unemployed. |
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Consider the lifestyle you are committed to (mortgage, kids school, debts, etc.). What is the minimum annual income you could get by with?
| 0% (0) | Less than $10,000. | |
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| 33% (1) | 10-20,000 | |
| 66% (2) | 20-30,000 | |
| 0% (0) | 30-40,000 | |
| 0% (0) | 40-50,000 | |
| 0% (0) | More than 50,000 |
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Imagine that you win $1,000,000 in the lottery. It pays $50,000 a year for 20 years, about 35,000 after taxes. Could you retire, right now, on that?
| 0% (0) | No, I'm already in a committed lifestyle of a millionaire. | |
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| 33% (1) | Yes, I could juggle things and get by. | |
| 33% (1) | Yes, that would be more than enough. | |
| 33% (1) | Yes, but I'd want to keep working anyway. | |
| 0% (0) | I would just put it in the bank with the rest of my money. |
3 voters have answered this question.
