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The paper discusses norms of conduct of „Jonathan Wild, The Great” by Henry Fielding, in the context of their primal and contemporary meanings. The quoted set of moral and praxeology norms can be regard as one of the first ethical anti-codes in processes of redefining value of „spirit of the capitalism”. Contemporary ethical and praxeology principles of commercial banks seem not very far to diverge from directives of Jonathan Wild. The banking practice shows that the disinterestedness in principle doesn’t exist and the maximization of the own profit de facto is appearing to be the goal.