Ethics of Industrial Man

First published in 1970, Ethics of Industrial Man explores the interrelationship between people's experience of a deeper reality of life, their awareness of society and their participation in it.

Fred Blum was an American social scientist and the founder of The New Era Centre. He was born in Germany in 1914, emigrated to the US in 1938 where he became an American citizen and came to Britain in 1959 on behalf of the Society of Friends (Quakers) to study new developments in mental health and religion with special reference to the organization of industry. Fred taught economics at Howard University in Washington DC and was a professor of social sciences in Michigan and Minnesota. The US Senate appointed Fred advisor to the Labor and Welfare Committee, and he worked as a consultant for the young Senator John F Kennedy.

Preface Introduction Part one: The awareness of ultimate reality 1. Religious consciousness and ultimate reality 2. God 3. Jesus Christ 4. The Kingdom of God 5. The Church 6. Time and eternity Part two: Man and his society 7. Ultimate reality and man's social existence 8. The Kingdom of God and the good society 8. The experience of capitalism 10. Competitive man 11. Markets and men 12. Christianity and capitalism 13. Social action and power 14. The socialist ideal 15. Communism and the experience of freedom 16. Democracy and the Monarchy 17. Political involvement 18. The social order and the disorder of our society 19. A comparative study: the workers of Austin, Minnesota 20. Conclusions 21. Implications and outlook Appendix: On Method