5 Week 02

Due Sunday, September 11th, by midnight. Word count: 400 words. Please make sure everything is in your own words. Do not include any quotes and if you paraphrase make sure to include the proper citation.

In The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism, Weber (:14-15) draws on the writing of Benjamin Franklin to describe the spirit of capitalism. Making reference to the passage from Franklin that Weber quotes at length, explain the connection Weber is underlining here, between rationalism and the spirit of capitalism.