On a Recent Naturalism Debate in Business Ethics – from a Philosophy Point of View

William C. Frederick proposes a naturalistic business ethics. Many commentators focus on the issues of naturalistic fallacy, deprivation of freedom of the will, and possibility of important and universal moral values in business ethics. I argue that an ethics being naturalistic is not a worry. The i...

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Главный автор: Cheung, Kwok Tung (Автор)
Формат: Электронный ресурс Статья
Язык:Английский
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Опубликовано: Springer Science + Business Media B. V 2007
В: Journal of business ethics
Год: 2007, Том: 82, Выпуск: 4, Страницы: 889
Другие ключевые слова:B William Hamilton
B G.E. Moore
B naturalistic ethics
B Altruism
B Sociobiology
B Naturalism
B William C. Frederick
B Contemporary philosophy
B Naturalistic Fallacy
B Mutualism
B Timothy L. Fort
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Итог:William C. Frederick proposes a naturalistic business ethics. Many commentators focus on the issues of naturalistic fallacy, deprivation of freedom of the will, and possibility of important and universal moral values in business ethics. I argue that an ethics being naturalistic is not a worry. The issue of deprivation of free will is irrelevant. Yet there are urgent questions regarding the possibility of important and universal moral values, which may prevent Frederick’s view from getting off the ground.
ISSN:1573-0697
Второстепенные работы:Enthalten in: Journal of business ethics
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1007/s10551-007-9599-6