Liberal approaches to work, such as Bowie's Kantian theory, reject this view as too impoverished an understanding of human freedom. Individuals may well choose to work tedious, difficult, depressing, low paying, even dan¬gerous jobs. But if there are few alternatives available, we shouldn't honor this as a "free" choice. Bowie would argue that the more people are compelled to work, the greater the responsibility to ensure that workplace conditions are as humane as possible. In such cases, the-very necessity of work obligates us to investigate what work does to workers. What kind of people are being created in the workplace?