Business As a Humanity

by Donaldson, Thomas; Freeman, R. Edward

• ISBN13: 9780195071566
• ISBN10: 0195071565
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1994-12-22
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

This latest volume in the acclaimed Ruffin Series in Business Ethics brings together the contributions to the annual Ruffin Lecture series, in which some of the leading scholars in business ethics addressed the question: Can business, and business education, be considered one of the humanities, or is it in a class by itself? At a time when business is coming under attack for its apparent transgressions, this book illuminates the special values that inhere in the business world. Arguing all sides of the issue, the distinguished contributors include Richard DeGeorge, Ronald Green, Thomas Dunfee, Robert Solomon, Edwin Hartman, Peter French, Patricia Werhane, Clarence Walton, W. Michael Hoffman, David Fedo, Kenneth Andrews, Joanne Ciulla, Manuel Velasquez, and George Brenkert. The editors contribute an informative Introduction and an Epilogue to set the debate in its proper context.

Table of Contents

Contributors

Introduction

Business as a Humanity: A Contradiction n Terms?

A Response to Richard T. De George's "Business as a Humanity: A Contradiction in Terms?"

A Response to Richard T. De George's "Business as a Humanity: A Contradiction in Terms?"

Business and the Humanities: An Aristotelian Approach to Business Ethics

Virtue and Rules: A Response to Robert C. Solomon

Responsibility and the Moral Role of Corporate Entities

Moral Character and Moral Reasoning

Management Education: Seeing the Round Earth Squarely

Liberal Arts and Professional Education: A Response

Liberal Education for Competence and Responsibility

Casuistry and the Case for Business Ethics

Some Lessons and Nonlessons of Casuist History

Business Ethics and Modes of Ethical Reasoning

Epilogue

Index

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