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Abstract:
Often Adam Smith
is associated with value-free economic logic. Consequently, vocational training
alone would have the character of a professional investment. On the other hand,
there is the concept of value-based vocational training, although its aspects
are controversial. With Adam Smith the (religious) commitment to values in
professional training is self-evident, which becomes clear, for example, in the
emphasis on the sense of duty and the admonition to adhere to the 7th
commandment. Even though Smith does not use the word “vocation”, his use of the
term “profession” shows how much he is influenced by the Reformation and the
belief in the probation of human life in everyday life and in the family. And
for Smith it is obviously self-evident too that the moral values that are
necessary today to build a prosperous economy and counteract the dangers of the
modern division of labor must first be anchored and cultivated there - before
it becomes an important task for schools and universities.
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