Aristotle and Business Ethics

作者: Michela Betta

DOI: 10.1007/978-94-017-7590-8_9

关键词: Ideal (ethics)EpistemologyBusiness ethicsOrder (virtue)Relation (history of concept)CouragePhilosophy of businessVirtueMeta-ethicsEngineering ethicsPolitical science

摘要: In this chapter I discuss four concepts developed by Aristotle in the Nichomachean Ethics. These are virtues, skills/means, mean (conceptual/ideal mid-point), and self-sufficiency. am interested evaluating their influence on today’s life. order to do this, Aristotle’s virtue of courage relation behavior two former Lehman Brothers’ employees. More broadly, relate ethics business ethics. Business is field enquiry that focuses ethical within business, increasingly organizations. From it becomes evident could be seen as a variant ethics—as if he had sown seeds long ago. has been criticized contemporary philosophers for his notion sets an absolute preference moderation. But from study carried out appears moderation frequently good, certain situations even only options left good Despite limits, still game.

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