Show or hide comments about the document.
Search over the document's text.
Share the document through social networks or e-mail.
After selecting an area on the page.
...you can:
copy the text
share the segment
comment
cite the document

Spring 2009

ISSN 0890-913X

Volume 24, Number 2

Categories: Business | Spring 2009

Retrieving Business Ethics from Political Philosophy

Alexei M. Marcoux, Loyola University Chicago

Download

e-mail

<< Back to editing
Previous version by
<< Older
Newer >>
Revert to this one

Edit
Cancel
Fullscreen

Show comments
Zoom:
Page: / 13

Line spacing:
Word spacing:

Search:FindClose

search results

TheJournalofPrivateEnterprise24(2),2009,21-33RetrievingBusinessEthicsfromPoliticalPhilosophyAlexeiM.Marcoux*LoyolaUniversityChicagoAbstractAcademicbusinessethicsisinthethrallofnormativepoliticalphilosophy.Asaconsequence,thecontentofacademicbusinessethicsisanomalousinthehistoryofmoralreflectiononcommerce,irrelevanttothevastmajorityofbusinesspeopleintheworld,andtoograndiosetoaddressfruitfullydoingbusinessethicallyatthelevelmostbusinessisdone.Businessethicscanberetrievedbyrefocusingontheactivityofdoingbusiness,elucidatingprinciplesofactionthataremodestinaimandinwhichthebusinesspersoncanhaveacorrespondingconfidence.JELCode:M14Keywords:Business;Contract;Ethics;Normative;Philosophy;PoliticalI.IntroductionMytitlecommitsmetoconvincingthereaderofthreepropositions.First,businessethicsasanobjectofuniversityteachingandresearchhasbeencapturedbyorisinthethrallofanotheracademicdiscipline,normativepoliticalphilosophy.Second,thisisaharmfuloratleastsuboptimalstateofaffairsaboutwhichbusinesspeople,universityacademics,thepublicatlarge,orsomecombinationoftheseshouldbeconcerned.Third,thereexistsacompellingalternativetobusinessethics’scapturebyorthrallwithnormativepoliticalphilosophytowardwhichbusinesspeople,universityacademics,the*IwishtothankLoyolaUniversityChicagoanditsGraduateSchoolofBusinessforaperiodofsabbaticalleavecontributingtotheresearchandcompletionofthispaper.ThanksareduealsotoLibertyFund,Inc.forfavoringmewitharesidentscholarshipduringFall2008,facilitatingthepaper’scompletion.MythanksgofinallytoNicholasCapaldiandDougRasmussenforhelpfulcommentsonanearlierdraft,toDougRasmussenagainfororganizingthesymposiumoutofwhichthispaperemerges,andtotheeditorsofthisjournalforreasonstooobvioustomention.Responsibilityforerrorsismine.21

GLIFOS-digital_archive

Metadata [hide]

Title	Retrieving Business Ethics from Political Philosophy
Authors/Creators:	Alexei M. Marcoux, Loyola University Chicago
Year:	2009
Volume:	24
Number:	2
Pages:	21 - 33
Publisher:	The Association for Private Enterprise Education
ISSN:	0890-913X
Document Type:	Business Ethics
Keywords:	Business Ethics, Business, Contracts, Ethics, Philosophy, Politics, Political Philosophy, Market economy, Jurisprudence, Institutional evolution

Citation:
Marcoux, Alexei M. / 2009. "Retrieving Business Ethics from Political Philosophy." The Journal of Private Enterprise, 24(2): 21-33.