Calvinism
Which Protestant reformer founded Calvinism
John Calvin
What are the two main types of rational action according to Max Weber?
Value-rational and instrumental rational action.
Who was the English Puritan, whose sermons emphasized the ethical importance of continuous labor, played a key role in the development of the Puritan ethic?
Richard Baxter
A key concept of Calvinism
Predestination or Duty
Give an example of value-rational action as explained by Max Weber
Acting out of duty, loyalty, or moral principle
Which general physical activity did the Puritans accept only if it served a rational purpose, such as recreation necessary for good performance within labour?
Sport
The type of governing body that Weber believed grew through Calvinism
Capitalism
According to Max Weber, what are the two types of non-rational action?
Emotional action and traditional action
How did the Puritan ethic view time spent in leisure not directed toward to glory of God?
They viewed it at sinful
John Calvin was a Protestant reformer in what Century
16th
In modern capitalist societies, what type of rational action involves strategic and calculated decision-making focusing on profit?
Instrumental rational action.
Calvinism had an unintended consequence, which led to the expansion of ________.
Capitalism
Calvinism spread the growth of which characteristic
Individualism
Max Weber's concept of the "iron cage" concerning the dominance of instrumental rationality in capitalism signifies economic and technological determinism focusing on ____ and _____.
Profit and efficiency.
According to Max Weber’s interpretive analysis, what did the asceticism of the Calvinist ethic strongly oppose?
The spontaneous enjoyment of life, particularly those that deviated from a rational purposes