Thanks, Andy, for clarification. I'd love to see such "existential study". I
agree with you that we need to work on this type of research methodology...
Do you have any ideas what it might be?
Eugene
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andy Blunden [mailto:ablunden@mira.net]
> Sent: Monday, December 15, 2003 7:19 PM
> To: xmca@weber.ucsd.edu
> Subject: RE: Jobs and motivation: Help is needed
>
> He, he, Eugene. I am not using this word in a really profound technical
> sense. What I mean is just that if you want to enquire into why people
> would carry on working even though they suffer rather than enjoy, then you
> are posed with enquiring into the meaning of life, whether indeed
behaviour
> can be rationally conceived as the maximisation of utility or happiness,
> and whether people do things because they enjoy them.
>
> A moment's reflection would be enough to demonstrate, I would have
thought,
> that life is not at all about pursuing enjoyment and maximising command
> over objects o enjoyment. Nevertheless, this stupid conception has guide
> "Western" thinking about ethics and political economy for more than 100
> years. Presumably because these "researchers" never took a moment to
reflect?
>
> Andy
>
> At 10:07 AM 15/12/2003 -0500, you wrote:
> >Dear Andy-
> >
> >Can you elaborate on "existential inquiry" as research methodology,
please?
> >This sounds very interesting to me but I have trouble visualizing it.
> >
> >Thanks,
> >
> >Eugene
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