Through a liberal approach, government interference is needed in order to give others a fair chance at succeeding in their own lives. I do not think the Protestant/Bourgeois Ethic has been a cohering narrative of the U.S. because it does not factor in systemic oppressive factors into its ethic. The Protestant/Bourgeois Ethic consists of the idea that one’s life is already predestined by the time they get to Earth. Additionally, the ethic prioritizes religious sincerity (piety), reliability, honesty, frugality, and industry. When one is faithfully practicing those priorities, material success is the causal effect that happens between the practice and the success. This tends to fulfill a promise from God—a sense of approval. Individuals worked
