Consider the seven values used for ethically defining jobs:

meaningful work, leisure time, money, power, prestige, comfort,

and security.

Just from what you've read about Everman and Cobain,

which values do they share? Where do they diverge?

Are there any values not on the list that could be added to

apply to the careers of either Everman or Cobain?

2.

Everman worked to live; Cobain lived to work

.

What does that mean?

Do you think it's true? Explain.

Does this split also divide up the seven values used for

ethically defining jobs? If not, why not? If so, what's the

split?

3.

Everman is a sequencer; he wholeheartedly followed one career

path, then a second, and a third. He's a different

kind

of

sequencer than the more standard version: a man or woman

following a single main career path interrupts it to do something

else (have a child, start a small company, travel around the

world) and then returns to the old job.

What's the difference between these two kinds of sequencing

in terms of the value of work and what it can give you?

Would it be useful to have different names for these two

types of sequencers, or would that be splitting hairs?

4.

According to Everman, Cellini believed that in order to live a full life,

you must develop each of the soul's three parts: the artist, the warrior,

and the philosopher. Assuming this is true, must it

necessarily

involve

one's work life? Is it possible to define a full life that doesn't include any

reference to your gainful employment (in other words, is it possible to

live fully without worrying about what your job is)? What values for

work are implied by your response?

5.

Cobain comes to believe that he's unethically exploiting

consumers.

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In what sense is he unethically exploiting consumers?

What does Cobain's feeling reveal about the values he

associates with his work life?

Was Cobain's response to his perceived failure justifiable?

Explain