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A Rational Deconstruction of the Ethics of Capital: Thoughts on Lu Dezhi’s The Spirit of Capital

A Rational Deconstruction of the Ethics of Capital: Thoughts on Lu Dezhi’s The Spirit of Capital The China Nonprofit Review 3 (2011) 161-168 CNPR brill.nl/cnpr © Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, 2011 DOI: 10.1163/187651411X566739 Available online at brill.nl/cnpr A Rational Deconstruction of the Ethics of Capital: Thoughts on Lu Dezhi’s The Spirit of Capital Xie Hongbo and Sun Xia Xie Hongbo ( 谢洪波 ) is a post-doctoral researcher at Tsinghua University’s School of Public Policy and Management. Research focus: social organization capacity building, foundation governance structures, social enterprises. Sun Xia ( 孙霞 ) is a graduate student at Central South University’s School of Public Administration. Research focus: public administration. Capitalist spirit, fostered by the Protestant ethic, has been called by Max Weber the spiritual foundation of Western market economics. That spirit, which both encourages reasonable pursuit of wealth and reasonable limitation of consumption, promotes the accumulation of capital. But does mere accu- mulation of capital by the wealthy fulfill their responsibilities? The answer may not be in the affirmative. At least in China, that greatest of the world’s devel- oping nations, a large number of wealthy individuals still have conflicting motivations concerning their social responsibilities. Is social responsibility simply giving to charities? Or is it compassion for society? Perhaps very few of them can truly http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The China Nonprofit Review Brill

A Rational Deconstruction of the Ethics of Capital: Thoughts on Lu Dezhi’s The Spirit of Capital

Hongbo, Xie; Xia, Sun
The China Nonprofit Review , Volume 3 (1): 161 – Jan 1, 2011
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The China Nonprofit Review 3 (2011) 161-168 CNPR brill.nl/cnpr © Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, 2011 DOI: 10.1163/187651411X566739 Available online at brill.nl/cnpr A Rational Deconstruction of the Ethics of Capital: Thoughts on Lu Dezhi’s The Spirit of Capital Xie Hongbo and Sun Xia Xie Hongbo ( 谢洪波 ) is a post-doctoral researcher at Tsinghua University’s School of Public Policy and Management. Research focus: social organization capacity building, foundation governance structures, social enterprises. Sun Xia ( 孙霞 ) is a graduate student at Central South University’s School of Public Administration. Research focus: public administration. Capitalist spirit, fostered by the Protestant ethic, has been called by Max Weber the spiritual foundation of Western market economics. That spirit, which both encourages reasonable pursuit of wealth and reasonable limitation of consumption, promotes the accumulation of capital. But does mere accu- mulation of capital by the wealthy fulfill their responsibilities? The answer may not be in the affirmative. At least in China, that greatest of the world’s devel- oping nations, a large number of wealthy individuals still have conflicting motivations concerning their social responsibilities. Is social responsibility simply giving to charities? Or is it compassion for society? Perhaps very few of them can truly

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