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>True, any job has value; this is evident from the fact that the employer pays for it to be done. Value to the employer != value to society != value to the lab

>True, any job has value; this is evident from the fact that the employer pays for it to be done. Value to the employer != value to society != value to the laborer. We're using one word to describe three concepts, and running headlong into the confusion that results.

raincom 12y ago
Yeah, when the reference (and the concept) of a word shifts, it becomes a fallacy of equivocation.
fernly 12y ago
True. And I think that's the point of the subject essay: that "work" is surrounded by attitudes and mythologies that distort everyone's perceptions of its value.