Are there any known ways to systematically reprogram typical class attitudes (from lower to upper middle class for example)? Not superficial stuff like dress or speech or table manners. Stuff like financial habits, education plans, work ethics etc.
Your sense of the term is very weird. Most uses I’ve seen simply mean an ethos of work. Like Weber’s protestant ethic. Good/bad is a further qualifier. Jobs differ in the conscientiousness, imagination, risk-taking they need. That’s what defines associated effective work ethics.
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Literally nobody I know uses the term that way. "Work ethic" is used to mean "how hard/long a person is willing to work", and nearly always has a value judgement attached. What you're defining sounds like "work style" or maybe "cognitive/affective engagement".
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When people use it that way, they usually qualify a work ethic as good/bad or say he/she lacks a work ethic. I think your reference set is all people who share a work ethic and differ only in how well they work by it. “Good vs. bad apple” != “apple vs orange”
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