The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism and the Socialist Market Economic Ethical Values——On Max Weber's The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism

Abstract

The emergence and development of capitalism is the result of the interaction of various factors,and Max Weber discussed the important role of religious ethics on economic development from the perspective of religious culture.Weber is only analyzed from the perspective of religious ethics,but his discourses upon the relationship between the Protestant Ethic and the development of modern Western capitalism opened up a unique perspective for us,namely culture or spirit of a society is closely linked with its economic and social development.So Weber's argument on"The Protestant Ethic Spirit"has some inspiration and practical significance for building China's socialist ethical values.