>> He assumes that it is a bad thing to not require work.

And that's probably a good assumption. There's wisdom behind the old adage, "An idle mind is the devil's workshop, and idle hands his tools."

Experience tells us that people who don't work tend to spend their time not in beautiful creative ventures, but in frivolous (TV, gaming, entertainment) or destructive acts (drugs, crime, violence...).

A person who works is likely more well-rounded (better at handling responsibility, working with others, contributing to society in some small way, etc.) than a person who instead spends his day watching day-time television.