A Shifting Public Ethos: Advocacy for a Robust Living Wage and the Path Towards Community Flourishing Open Access

Drinan Yeganeh, Lara (Spring 2023)

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In this thesis, I examine the conditions that would make for a robust and dignified life for the American worker. I identify the values of security, agency, fulfillment, fairness against a backdrop of decent living and working conditions based on the ideals listed in the United Nations’ Universal Declaration on Human Rights (UDHR). I explain how the “status quo” of labor in America fails to meet the ideals of the UDHR of both moral and material dignity. Instead, I propose a two-pronged approach to meliorate the issue proposing an ethos shift and a robust living wage that seeks to amend the conditions of both the American worker and American society. Ultimately, I show how the betterment of both the individual and the community is beneficial for community flourishing and American democracy.

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Introduction…………………………………………………………1

Chapter I: Principles………………………………………………...7 

Chapter II: The Status Quo…………………………………………21

Chapter III: The New Public Ethos…………………………………62

Conclusion…………………………………………………………..88

Works Cited…………………………………………………………92

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