difference between capitalists and humanists

I heard this on the Thom Hartmann show, where he argued with a guest whether human labor is a commodity.

This is a very interesting question because it taps the very notion of the psychological point of view called humanistic psychology.

I know this because I teach this subject and what is interesting, I guess it's obvious now that I see it, that you can apply Carl Roger's notion of conditions of worth (People raised in an environment where they learn that their sense of self is contingent upon meeting certain conditions that have been laid down by others) to whether or not human labor is inherently valuable.

Ask anyone working for a living why they work, they will say for the money. Yet those same people, when you praise them for a job well done will work harder and take more ownership of their work than if you simply paid them.

Is it time to recognize that human labor is NOT a commodity?