Ethics and moral philosophy Books

Book SynopsisRemember the pots hammered by spoons from high Manhattan windows, and parades of cars and pick-up trucks holding dear the medical professionals responding to covid-19. This book is part of that chorus, that march, to express appreciation for the giving of care. And beyond doctors and nurses, bless their hearts, to mothers caring for their babies, for captains for their teams, for the soon-to-be widowers for their wives and teachers for their students, but also for the ranchers for their cattle and the contemplative world for our environment. This is a book to think more closely of the support for care, individual as it so often will be, to be woven more closely together in a paradigm of care. Care is always prominent. Care for others, of the family, care for those of the tribe, care for animals and homes and gardens and properties, self-care. And the purse. Even without teaching, compensation, or legislation, care survives, but even with these helpings, it falls short of the need. We live in a crisis of care. Thinking explicitly and beyond health care. There is no mechanism of state and conscience that delivers care to all the venues of need, and seldom in the amounts needed. The reservoirs of care are far from empty, but at a mark that needs topping up. There is need for care advocacy, a care ethic, a paradigm. This book is about that paradigm. A care paradigm may bring comfort and recovery more fully to the people and organic creations of the world. The paradigm hears the moan of indifference. It draws upon the eyes of the heart. The paradigm is about how we see the need for care. The care paradigm, the grand beholding, is manifest in how we provide for others, how we nurture them, give succor, how we are disposed, and are not, to sacrifice to relieve their hurt. It is not only caring for those visibly needing care, unable to care for themselves, but caring for all. It is having a disposition that the hurts, large and small, that all of us carry, arouse concern and appreciation from and for each individual, the community and the world.

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Book SynopsisMany experts in education, psychology, science, philosophy, politics, and across the social sciences and humanities believe that a plethora of people in the world have lost their way and lack a moral compass. In a world in which youth often lack guidance from parents, countless individuals are hurting from broken relationships, and many people lack a sense of purpose, direction, and a sense of who they are, there is a growing awareness around much of world that people should revisit the teachings of Jesus Christ for answers. The Bible is the most published book in the history of the world for a reason. At the heart of Christ’s teachings is love, which sadly in many academic, political, and business circles has become the most feared four-letter word of all. In this context, the need to revisit the personal significance of the most quoted verse in the Bible, “For God so loved the world that He gave His only son…” and “God is love,” is axiomatic.In a world filled with divisiveness, a dearth of civility, a lack of love, a dismissive attitude toward any sense of truth and absolute values, and the inability for people to get along, it would seem that there is no timelier action one can take than to ask the pertinent question, “What would Christ do?” It is a vital question to ask not only as it applies to one’s personal life, but also to the world situation at large. For example, one can argue that the economic crisis of 2008-2009 in the West and the Asian economic crisis of 1997-1998 were largely the result of lack of character and the love of money and power than pervaded the government, business, and the general population. One can argue that had the nations of the world been guided by the example of love, self-sacrifice, humility, and integrity that Christ set, those crises would not have happened. Life is filled with enough challenges without a lack of virtue creating more trials. Addressing the question of, “What would Christ do?” can help the reader engage in better decision making that can literally change one’s life and help establish a reputation of love, character, and compassion that will open doors into a better life.

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Book SynopsisMany experts in education, psychology, science, philosophy, politics, and across the social sciences and humanities believe that a plethora of people in the world have lost their way and lack a moral compass. In a world in which youth often lack guidance from parents, countless individuals are hurting from broken relationships, and many people lack a sense of purpose, direction, and a sense of who they are, there is a growing awareness around much of world that people should revisit the teachings of Jesus Christ for answers. The Bible is the most published book in the history of the world for a reason. At the heart of Christ’s teachings is love, which sadly in many academic, political, and business circles has become the most feared four-letter word of all. In this context, the need to revisit the personal significance of the most quoted verse in the Bible, “For God so loved the world that He gave His only son…” and “God is love,” is axiomatic.In a world filled with divisiveness, a dearth of civility, a lack of love, a dismissive attitude toward any sense of truth and absolute values, and the inability for people to get along, it would seem that there is no timelier action one can take than to ask the pertinent question, “What would Christ do?” It is a vital question to ask not only as it applies to one’s personal life, but also to the world situation at large. For example, one can argue that the economic crisis of 2008-2009 in the West and the Asian economic crisis of 1997-1998 were largely the result of lack of character and the love of money and power than pervaded the government, business, and the general population. One can argue that had the nations of the world been guided by the example of love, self-sacrifice, humility, and integrity that Christ set, those crises would not have happened. Life is filled with enough challenges without a lack of virtue creating more trials. Addressing the question of, “What would Christ do?” can help the reader engage in better decision making that can literally change one’s life and help establish a reputation of love, character, and compassion that will open doors into a better life.

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Book SynopsisHow does the Christian response to the problem of evil contrast with that of other worldviews? Most attempts at answering the problem of evil either present a straightforward account of the truth claims of Christianity or defend a minimalist concept of God. This book is different. Inside, you'll examine four worldviews' responses to the problem of evil. Then, you'll hear the author's argument that Christian theism makes better sense of the phenomenon of evil in the worldâ?"equipping you to reach an informed conclusion. This book's unique approachâ?"integrating worldviews with apologetics with theologyâ?"will give you a better understanding of the debate surrounding the problem of evil, in both philosophy and theology. Learn to think cogently and theologically about the problem of evil and Christianity's ability to answer its challenges with Worldviews and the Problem of Evil as your guide.

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Book SynopsisAnimal Subjects: An Ethical Reader in a Posthuman World (WLU Press, 2008) challenged cultural studies to include nonhuman animals within its purview. While the "question of the animal" ricochets across the academy and reverberates within the public sphere, Animal Subjects 2.0 builds on the previous book and takes stock of this explosive turn. It focuses on both critical animal studies and posthumanism, two intertwining conversations that ask us to reconsider common sense understandings of other animals and what it means to be human. This collection demonstrates that many pressing contemporary social problemsâhow and why the oppression and exploitation of our species persistâare entangled with our treatment of other animals and the environment. Decades into the interrogation of our ethical and political responsibilities toward other animals, fissures within the academy deepen as the interest in animal ethics and politics proliferates. Although ideological fault lines have inspired important debates about how to address the very material concerns informing these theoretical discussions, Animal Subjects 2.0 brings together divergent voices to suggest how to foster richer humanâanimal relations, and to cultivate new ways of thinking and being with the rest of animalkind. This collection demonstrates that appreciation of difference, not just similarity, is necessary for a more inclusive and compassionate world. Linking issues of gender, disability, culture, race, and sexuality into species, Animal Subjects 2.0 maps vibrant developments in the emergent fields of critical animal studies and posthumanist thought.Table of ContentsContents Acknowledgements Introduction 1 Might Makes Right: The Origins of Ethics and the Use of Animals for Human Ends / Rod Preece 2 Critical Animals Studies and the Property Debate in Animal Law / Maneesha Deckha 3 âPopular Affectionâ: Edwin Landseer and Nineteenth-Century Animal Advocacy Campaigns / J. Keri Cronin 4 âThe Animal,â Systems, and Structures: An EcofeministâPosthumanist Enquiry / Rhys Mahannah 5 Animal Narrativity: Engaging with Story in a More-Than-Human World / Joshua Russell 6 Canine Cartography: On the Curious and Queer Pleasures of Being a Dog / Peter Hobbs 7 Navigating Difference (Again): Animal Ethics and Entangled Empathy / Lori Gruen 8 All My Relations: Interview with Margaret Robinson / Lauren Corman 9 Rampant Compassion: A Tale of Two Anthropomorphisms and the âTrans-species Epistemeâ of Knowledge-Making / Jodey Castricano 10 The Limits of the âHumanâ: An Alternative Ethics of Dependence on Animals / Kelly Oliver 11 Vegans for Vick: Dogfighting, Intersectional Politics, and the Limits of Mainstream Discourse / Garrett M. Broad 12 Disability, Animals, and Earth Liberation: Eco-ability and Ableism in the Animal Advocacy Movement / Anthony J. Nocella II 13 On Being a Pragmatist: Reflections on Animals, Feminism, and Personal Politics / Lynda Birke 14 Campaigning with the Enemy: Understanding Opportunity Fields and the Tactic of Corporate Incorporation / Carol L. Glasser 15 Nose-to-Tail Eating: A Prematurely Post-Factory-Farm Biopolitics / Jessica Carey 16 The New Carnivores / John Sorenson and Atsuko Matsuoka 17 Rats! Being Social Requires Empathy / Leesa Fawcett 18 The Ventriloquistâs Burden : Animal Advocacy and the Problem of Speaking for Others / Lauren Corman About the Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisMary Warnock's Critical Reflections on Ownership is a sustained meditation on the significance that ownership has for us from one of our finest philosophical voices. First exploring the responsibility and love we have for things that are owned, she goes on to provide a penetrating investigation of the relationship we have to those things which we do not, indeed cannot, own, in particular the natural world. Critical Reflections on Ownership is required reading for anyone who wants to think deeply, and clearly, about the prospect of a global environmental cataclysm and what we might do to address it.'- J.E. Penner, author of The Idea of Property in LawIn this thought-provoking work, Mary Warnock explores what it is to own things, and the differences in our attitude to what we own and what we do not.Starting from the philosophical standpoints of Locke and Hume, the ownership of gardens is presented as a prime example, exploring both private and common ownership, historically and autobiographically. The author concludes that, besides pleasure and pride, ownership brings a sense of responsibility for what is owned and a fundamental question is brought to light: can we feel the same responsibility for what we do not, and never can, own? Applying this question to the natural world and the planet as a whole, a realistic and gradualist perspective is offered on confronting global environmental degradation. Critical Reflections on Ownership examines the effect of the Romantic Movement on our attitudes to nature and is a salient commentary on the history of ideas.Providing an accessible entrance into moral philosophy and its practical applications, this book is an invaluable source for students in the fields of politics and philosophy. Academics interested in conceptions of ownership, and in the interface between philosophy, morality and politics, will find this deeply considered insight to be a stimulating read.Trade Review‘Mary Warnock’s Critical Reflections on Ownership is a sustained meditation on the significance that ownership has for us from one of our finest philosophical voices. First exploring the responsibility and love we have for things that are owned, she goes on to provide a penetrating investigation of the relationship we have to those things which we do not, indeed cannot, own, in particular the natural world. Critical Reflections on Ownership is required reading for anyone who wants to think deeply, and clearly, about the prospect of a global environmental cataclysm and what we might do to address it.’ -- J.E. Penner, author of The Idea of Property in Law‘Mary Warnock is one of the leading figures of the post-WWII philosophy in Britain. Her scope of publications is quite extraordinary: from ethics to existentialism and metaphysics; from education policy to bioethics and to the place of religious arguments in public morality. Given such breadth, it comes as no surprise that she takes on new challenges in the form of the philosophy of ownership with a strong aroma of environmental concerns.’ -- Environmental ValuesTable of ContentsContents: 1. The Scope of the Investigation: Can Absolutely Anything be Owned? 2. Origins of Society and Property 3: Property, Intimacy and Privacy: Gardening as Ownership in Action 4: Common Ownership 1: Communism 5: Common Ownership 2: Some More Modest Forms 6: The Unowned: The Romantic Idea of Wilderness 7: Taking Responsibility for the Planet 8: What Can be Done? Some Useful Compromises 9: Why Do We Want to Preserve the Natural World? Index

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Book SynopsisMary Warnock's Critical Reflections on Ownership is a sustained meditation on the significance that ownership has for us from one of our finest philosophical voices. First exploring the responsibility and love we have for things that are owned, she goes on to provide a penetrating investigation of the relationship we have to those things which we do not, indeed cannot, own, in particular the natural world. Critical Reflections on Ownership is required reading for anyone who wants to think deeply, and clearly, about the prospect of a global environmental cataclysm and what we might do to address it.'- J.E. Penner, author of The Idea of Property in LawIn this thought-provoking work, Mary Warnock explores what it is to own things, and the differences in our attitude to what we own and what we do not.Starting from the philosophical standpoints of Locke and Hume, the ownership of gardens is presented as a prime example, exploring both private and common ownership, historically and autobiographically. The author concludes that, besides pleasure and pride, ownership brings a sense of responsibility for what is owned and a fundamental question is brought to light: can we feel the same responsibility for what we do not, and never can, own? Applying this question to the natural world and the planet as a whole, a realistic and gradualist perspective is offered on confronting global environmental degradation. Critical Reflections on Ownership examines the effect of the Romantic Movement on our attitudes to nature and is a salient commentary on the history of ideas.Providing an accessible entrance into moral philosophy and its practical applications, this book is an invaluable source for students in the fields of politics and philosophy. Academics interested in conceptions of ownership, and in the interface between philosophy, morality and politics, will find this deeply considered insight to be a stimulating read.Trade Review‘Mary Warnock’s Critical Reflections on Ownership is a sustained meditation on the significance that ownership has for us from one of our finest philosophical voices. First exploring the responsibility and love we have for things that are owned, she goes on to provide a penetrating investigation of the relationship we have to those things which we do not, indeed cannot, own, in particular the natural world. Critical Reflections on Ownership is required reading for anyone who wants to think deeply, and clearly, about the prospect of a global environmental cataclysm and what we might do to address it.’ -- J.E. Penner, author of The Idea of Property in Law‘Mary Warnock is one of the leading figures of the post-WWII philosophy in Britain. Her scope of publications is quite extraordinary: from ethics to existentialism and metaphysics; from education policy to bioethics and to the place of religious arguments in public morality. Given such breadth, it comes as no surprise that she takes on new challenges in the form of the philosophy of ownership with a strong aroma of environmental concerns.’ -- Environmental ValuesTable of ContentsContents: 1. The Scope of the Investigation: Can Absolutely Anything be Owned? 2. Origins of Society and Property 3: Property, Intimacy and Privacy: Gardening as Ownership in Action 4: Common Ownership 1: Communism 5: Common Ownership 2: Some More Modest Forms 6: The Unowned: The Romantic Idea of Wilderness 7: Taking Responsibility for the Planet 8: What Can be Done? Some Useful Compromises 9: Why Do We Want to Preserve the Natural World? Index

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Book SynopsisThe evolution of modern capitalist society is increasingly being marked by an undeniable and consistent tension between pure economic and ethical ways of valuing and acting. This book is a collaborative and cross-disciplinary contribution that challenges the assumptions of capitalist business and society. It ultimately reflects on how to restore benevolence, collaboration, wisdom and various forms of virtuous deliberation amongst all those who take part in the common good, drawing inspiration from European history and continental philosophical traditions on virtue.Editors Kleio Akrivou and Alejo José G. Sison unite well-known academics who examine new ways of understanding the relations between social classes, organizations, groups and the role of actors-persons. They propose ways to restore virtue in our economy-society-person relations with the purpose of overcoming the current challenges of capitalism which more often than not sacrifice happiness and broader, sustained prosperity for the achievement of short-term efficiency. This book also explores a moral psychology that underpins normative virtue ethics theory, and seeks a deeper understanding on how the concept of prudence and the distinct forms of rational excellence have evolved since Aristotle and the co-evolution of Western-Aristotelian and Eastern virtue ethics traditions.This interdisciplinary book will be of interest to business ethics scholars, organizational behaviour academics, organizational sociologists, qualitative research scholars and economic historians. Policy-makers who are interested in improving collaborative frameworks and cross-institutional collaboration policies will also find value in this book.Contributors include: A. Adewale, K. Akrivou, H. Alford, L. Arch, V. Barnes, R. Beadle, O. Bolade-Ogunfodun, M. Casson, A. Dobie, A. González Enciso, D. Koehn, M. Hanssen, B.M. McCall, G. Moore, L. Newton, J.V. Orón, G.R. Scalzo, A.J.G. SisonTrade Review'The excellent authors in this wide-ranging but coherent body of essays largely decimate certain important ethical presuppositions of post-industrial capitalism and offer better ones. Relying on the virtue-based approach of Aristotle and like-minded moral philosophers, the authors enlighten business ethics by bringing to bear the insight that human nature and well-being essentially involve values of community.' --Edwin Hartman, retired Professor, New York University'Despite skepticism about character and virtue, virtue ethics and the common good are still among the most influential frameworks in applied ethics in general and in business ethics in particular. This is an ambitious, carefully argued and stimulating collection, which explains why character is not and cannot be dead in business and philosophical research. The Challenges of Capitalism for Virtue Ethics and the Common Good examines new and rich directions for the character approach in today's economic and political context. It is remarkably useful to all with an interest in normative business ethics and an indispensable guide for virtue ethicists in business schools.' --Miguel Alzola, Professor, Fordham University'A serious attempt to recover an understanding of the economy within the realm of human action, with the common good at the centre and under the guidance of the virtues.' --Domènec Melé, Chair of Business Ethics, University of Navarre, SpainTable of ContentsContents: Introduction Kleio Akrivou PART I THE COMMON GOOD IN HISTORY: VIRTUE EPISTEMOLOGY AS KNOWLEDGE FOUNDATION FOR THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN INSTITUTIONS, SOCIETY AND PERSON(S) 1. The merchant and the common good: social paradigms and the state’s influence in Western history Agustín González Enciso 2. The ‘medieval’, the common good and accounting Alisdair Dobie 3. The civilization of commerce in the Middle Ages Mark Hanssen 4. Virtuous banking: the role of the community in monitoring English joint-stock banks and their managements in the nineteenth century Victoria Barnes and Lucy Newton 5. Disposed toward self-restraint: the London clearing banks, 1946–71 Linda Arch PART II ARISTOTELIAN VIRTUE, THE COMMON GOOD AND CURRENT RELEVANCE FOR CAPITALISM, INSTITUTIONS AND PERSONS’ AGENCY 6. Revisiting the common good of the firm Alejo José G. Sison 7. Integrated habitus for the common good of the firm – a radically humanistic conception of organizational habitus with systemic human integrity orientation Kleio Akrivou, Oluyemisi Bolade-Ogunfodun and Adeyinka Adewale 8. Corporate agency, character, purpose and the common good Geoff Moore 9. Individual and organizational virtues Ron Beadle 10. Corporations, politics and the common good Brian M. McCall 11. Two kinds of human integrity: towards the ethics of the inter-processual self Kleio Akrivou and José Víctor Orón 12. Prudence as part of a worldview: historical and conceptual dimensions Germán R. Scalzo and Helen Alford 13. Non-Western virtue ethics, commerce and the common good Daryl Koehn 14. Reflections on the concept of the common good from an economic perspective Mark Casson Index

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Book SynopsisThe mind-body problem is the ultimate intractable enigma. How can we - being complex physical systems - have multicoloured experiences, and make conscious choices? This book proposes that all fundamental constituents of the universe are agents, which perceive one another, and freely act according to their percepts. Contemporary science can be explained in entirely mentalistic terms. This is consistent with many interpretations of quantum mechanics, such as GRW and Roger Penrose’s OR theory.

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Book SynopsisThis exuberant coming-of-age story charts one millennial’s decades-long globetrotting adventure in pursuit of personal meaning, significance, and belonging. Along the way, he reckons with the ingrained modern tendency to idolize self-seeking pursuits and discard the more humble, courageous journey of learning to love. WanderLOST melds memoir, theology, and social theory to guide readers toward a renewed vision for where the Church in America must find its place at this moment in history. Sims asks readers to be aware of and concerned about global injustice and invites them to think more deeply about how to be a part of God’s vision for reconciliation.

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Book SynopsisThis volume tackles the burden of judgment and the challenges of ethical disagreements, organizes the cohabitation of scientific and ethical argumentations in such a way they find their appropriate place in the political decision. It imagines several forms of agreements and open ways of conflicts resolution very different compared with ones of the majority of political philosophers and political scientists that are macro-social and general. It offers an original contribution to a scrutinized interpretation of the precautionary principle, as structuring the decision in interdisciplinary contexts, to make sure to arrive this time to the “Best of the Worlds”. Table of ContentsPreface ix Acknowledgments xv Introduction xvii Part 1. Pluralism between Ethics and Politics in the Context of Prevention 1 Introduction to Part 1 3 Chapter 1. Burdens of Judgment and Ethical Pluralism of Values 11 1.1. The “burdens of judgment” at the root of the “fact of reasonable pluralism” 13 1.2. Burdens of judgment: a critique 17 1.2.1. Burdens of judgment: a starting point, not an obstacle 17 1.2.2. The variable geometry of pluralisms 22 1.3. Ethical pluralism of values, from relativism to monism 26 1.4. Relativisms and commitments 32 1.4.1. Three types of relativism 32 1.4.2. Commitments in response to values 33 1.5. Opposing monism: conditionality, incompatibility and incommensurability of values 36 1.6. Conclusion: decompartmentalizing conflicts of values 38 Chapter 2. Ethical Pluralism of Ethical Theories at the Heart of Evaluation 43 2.1. Ordinary morality, anti-theory and skepticism 44 2.2. What is an ethical theory? 47 2.3. Main ethical theories 50 2.4. Pluralism in practical reasoning 55 2.4.1. Formal practical reasoning 56 2.4.2. Substantial practical reasoning 58 2.5. Interactions between normative factors and foundational normative theories 60 2.6. Conclusion: conflicts and deliberation in the context of ethical theories 64 Chapter 3. Deliberative Democracy Put to the Test of Ethical Pluralism 71 3.1. Participatory exposure 72 3.2. Rawls and Habermas: opposing views in support of deliberation 74 3.2.1. Rawls: restricted ethics 75 3.2.2. Habermas: reliance on undefined arguments 77 3.3. Deliberating in a democracy 80 3.4. Desperately seeking arguments… 85 3.5. Conclusion: pluralism of moral and political philosophers 88 Conclusion to Part 1: Mapping the “Should-be” of the Public Sphere 95 Part 2. Ethical and Political Pluralism in a Context of Precaution 105 Introduction to Part 2 107 Chapter 4. Deciding on, and in, Uncertainty Using the Precautionary Meta-principle 113 4.1. Careless criticisms of the precautionary principle 116 4.2. Precautionary principle: components and trigger factors 122 4.3. To act, or not to act 126 4.4. Clashing scenarios and “grammars” of the future 129 4.5. Typology of political decisions in the context of uncertainty 132 4.6. Conclusion: the deliberative as genre for uncertain futures 135 Chapter 5. Between Sciences and Ethics: A New Quarrel of Faculties? 143 5.1. Scientists between attachment and independence 144 5.2. Politics of nature 152 5.3. The prominent role of values in paradigm changes 160 5.4. Relationships between scientific facts, epistemic values and ethical values 162 5.5. Conclusion: a Republic of Letters dealing with facts and values 165 Chapter 6. Co-argumentation in a Context of Disciplinary Pluralism 173 6.1. Epistemic pluralism and competitive positions 177 6.2. Tensions and cooperation due to pluralism internal and external to disciplines 180 6.3. Types of argumentation and dialogue 184 6.4. Co-dependence between ethical argumentation and scientific investigation 191 6.5. Confrontation of hypotheses 194 6.6. Conclusion: structuring of inter- and intra-disciplinary pluralisms thanks to the precautionary meta-principle 200 Conclusion 207 Bibliography 225 Index 245

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Book SynopsisMorality and Power offers a compelling critique of orthodox economic analysis and its impacts on public policy. Mike Berry argues that the theoretical underpinning of evaluative tools like cost-benefit analysis rests on an incoherent concept of 'efficiency' derived from Paretian welfare economics. Beginning by reviewing the historical progression of economic thought, Berry argues there has been a lack of crucial development in economic thinking in public policy since the economic crisis of 2008. The ethically unacceptable outcomes of the current public policy approach are exposed: most notably the support for policies that accentuate inequality and social polarization; the outbreak of crises in the financial sector, and the treatment of refugees and migrants. Finally, threats to liberal democracies in an age of rampant populism and rising nationalism are examined, offering noteworthy suggestions for an alternative democratic future. Both students and practitioners of heterodox economics and public policy will find this book a compelling insight into the ethical concerns of neoliberal policies shaped by politicians and policymakers today.Trade Review'Critical of the dominant neoliberal application of economics to public policy, Berry makes a convincing case for the renewal of ethical principles in search of wealth and the ''good life''. Erudite and accessible, this book is an intellectual tour de force that covers the major historical and normative aspects of capitalist economies in its quest for more sustainable alternatives.' --Manfred B. Steger, University of Hawai'i at Manoa, US and RMIT University, Australia'This is a wonderful book full of insight and argument about the biggest issues facing humanity. Mike Berry writes with verve and imagination, translating the history of ethics and economics into a manifesto for 21st century public policy. Its scope is something to behold.' --Gordon Clark, University of Oxford, UK'This outstanding book shows why mainstream economics, purporting to be the premier social science, is really neither social nor scientific. Economists' standard conception of individual rationality ignores the social context, values and power structures that shape actual economic outcomes. Berry's book takes us through the evolution of key economic ideas about markets, efficiency and welfare, explaining how economists lost their way. It shows how an explicitly ethical alternative can help us to deal with current challenges like financial instability, economic inequality and environmental crisis. It is warmly recommended to readers seeking a more sensible and humane approach to public policy.' --Frank Stilwell, the University of Sydney, AustraliaTable of ContentsContents: Preface Part I Foundations 1. Introduction 2. David Hume’s “Judicious Spectator” 3. Bentham’s Legacy 4. J.S. Mill’s Apostasy 5. The Retreat to the Margin Part II Analysis 6. The Concept of Economic Welfare 7. Cambridge versus Lausanne 8. What Is Efficiency? 9. Social Justice and Economic Policy 10. Is Democracy Possible? 11. Building a Consequentialist Framework Part III Outcomes 12. Privatization 13. Inequality 14. Financial Crisis 15. Environmental Crisis 16. Population Crisis 17. The Hollowing of Democracy Epilogue 18. Recapturing the High Ground Index

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Book SynopsisEcclesiastes is among the most poetic books of the Old Testament, full of famous and resonant verses: 'Vanity of vanities, all is vanity'; 'A time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance'; 'I have seen all the things that are done under the sun; all of them are meaningless, a chasing after the wind'. It is traditionally attributed to King Solomon (r. 970-930 BC), who advises us to avoid seeking happiness in worldly things and focus instead on the eternal truths. The book poses many vital questions: Is life nonsense and suffering or bliss? Is there any meaning to our actions under the sun? What will happen at the end? Is there any advantage to wisdom? Why can't a just regime be established? What are the relationships between happiness and wealth? What is the source of emotions and what do we know about desires? Can knowledge of death serve as a guide to life? King Solomon does not instruct us to think like him, nor does he guide us towards a particular path. Ecclesiastes sends us on a journey into The Valley of Great Questions: Abel, man, world, labor, advantage, sun, goodness, time, light, evil spirit, wisdom, love, fear of God, death, and more... Haim Shapira's rich and rigorously informed analysis allows King Solomon's voice to speak to us across the millennia, offering remarkably up-to-the-minute insights for people of all faiths and none. If you want advice about living a better life (and to learn about the meaning of life), would it not be wise to receive it from King Solomon – the wisest man of all time?

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Book SynopsisMorality and Power offers a compelling critique of orthodox economic analysis and its impacts on public policy. Mike Berry argues that the theoretical underpinning of evaluative tools like cost-benefit analysis rests on an incoherent concept of 'efficiency' derived from Paretian welfare economics. Beginning by reviewing the historical progression of economic thought, Berry argues there has been a lack of crucial development in economic thinking in public policy since the economic crisis of 2008. The ethically unacceptable outcomes of the current public policy approach are exposed: most notably the support for policies that accentuate inequality and social polarization; the outbreak of crises in the financial sector, and the treatment of refugees and migrants. Finally, threats to liberal democracies in an age of rampant populism and rising nationalism are examined, offering noteworthy suggestions for an alternative democratic future. Both students and practitioners of heterodox economics and public policy will find this book a compelling insight into the ethical concerns of neoliberal policies shaped by politicians and policymakers today.Trade Review'Critical of the dominant neoliberal application of economics to public policy, Berry makes a convincing case for the renewal of ethical principles in search of wealth and the ''good life''. Erudite and accessible, this book is an intellectual tour de force that covers the major historical and normative aspects of capitalist economies in its quest for more sustainable alternatives.' --Manfred B. Steger, University of Hawai'i at Manoa, US and RMIT University, Australia'This is a wonderful book full of insight and argument about the biggest issues facing humanity. Mike Berry writes with verve and imagination, translating the history of ethics and economics into a manifesto for 21st century public policy. Its scope is something to behold.' --Gordon Clark, University of Oxford, UK'This outstanding book shows why mainstream economics, purporting to be the premier social science, is really neither social nor scientific. Economists' standard conception of individual rationality ignores the social context, values and power structures that shape actual economic outcomes. Berry's book takes us through the evolution of key economic ideas about markets, efficiency and welfare, explaining how economists lost their way. It shows how an explicitly ethical alternative can help us to deal with current challenges like financial instability, economic inequality and environmental crisis. It is warmly recommended to readers seeking a more sensible and humane approach to public policy.' --Frank Stilwell, the University of Sydney, AustraliaTable of ContentsContents: Preface Part I Foundations 1. Introduction 2. David Hume’s “Judicious Spectator” 3. Bentham’s Legacy 4. J.S. Mill’s Apostasy 5. The Retreat to the Margin Part II Analysis 6. The Concept of Economic Welfare 7. Cambridge versus Lausanne 8. What Is Efficiency? 9. Social Justice and Economic Policy 10. Is Democracy Possible? 11. Building a Consequentialist Framework Part III Outcomes 12. Privatization 13. Inequality 14. Financial Crisis 15. Environmental Crisis 16. Population Crisis 17. The Hollowing of Democracy Epilogue 18. Recapturing the High Ground Index

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Book SynopsisIn 1960, Paul Goodman argued that the Fordist system that treated people as mere cogs in a machine had created a profound unhappiness in young people and in American society as a whole. More than half a century later, professor David Blacker recognizes that decades of neoliberalism have pushed young people beyond unhappiness and into a collective identity crisis. Overall, Americans no longer feel needed to do jobs that had previously anchored them in society and are becoming disconnected and purposeless. The proliferation of new identities, based not on work but on consumption, is symptomatic of neoliberalism and its hyper-commodification and deregulation of everyday life.

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Book SynopsisIn the tradition of Roland Barthes' Mythologies and Walter Benjamin's aphoristic Theses on the Philosophy of History, Ed Simon's Furnace of this World is a fragmentary, digressive, impressionistic account of what the radical implications of goodness could possibly be in late capitalism. "Furnace of this World" interrogates the concept of goodness, while arguing that it's always more interesting and radical than its opposite. With neither hubris nor reductionism, Furnace of this World speaks of what it means to pursue justice in a fallen world.

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Book SynopsisThe fundamentals of a human's life on this planet have not changed very much over the millennia. The world is large and indifferent to the suffering of its denizens, its inhabitants. Perhaps there is a God who is not indifferent. Perhaps there is no such God. There are, however, people who suffer. Those people sometimes wonder about their suffering, their place in this world, and, forgive the expression, God knows what else. You Die at the End: Meditations on Mortality and the Human Condition is William Ferraiolo’s attempt to contemplate a few elements of the human condition from the perspective of an individual, middling effort to manage a human life. Perhaps this will prove worthy of the reader’s time and effort. The author hopes to be of service. The author frequently fails. Sometimes, the author blunders into a brief, useful moment of clarity. Read on to find out if this book serves as a useful blunder.

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Book SynopsisYou can learn a lot about yourself if you pay careful attention for one full year. Here are 365 daily meditations that, through their brutal confessionalism, will unearth the stoic in you. 'God Bless the Broken Bones won’t tickle your ears with pleasant words. Instead what you’ll find is a year of one man’s seemingly uncensored thoughts, fears, frustrations, longings, gratitude, and self-exhortations. Raw yet eloquent, William Ferraiolo’s musings reveal the daily challenges to living a life of equanimity and honor, and why there’s no worthier goal. At times this book might offend you. It will certainly challenge you. And if you’re willing, it might change you. I recommend you see for yourself.' Seth J. Gillihan, PhD, author of Retrain Your Brain: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in 7 Weeks

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Book SynopsisThere are some questions we can't avoid. Questions about meaning and morality, about belief and evidence and truth - about things that are reflected in our lives, whether or not we ever analyze them explicitly. This is the conviction that drives Making Sense of Brief Lives, first to identify with stark clarity the practical philosophical questions we face in life, and then to drive toward decisive answers.

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Book SynopsisWith resonance for today, this book explores a significant crisis of German philosophy and national identity in the decades around World War II. German philosophy, famed for its high-minded Idealism, was plunged into crisis when Germany became an urban and industrial society in the late nineteenth century. The key figure of this shift was Immanuel Kant: seen for a century as the philosophical father of the nation, Kant seemed to lack crucial answers for violent and impersonal modern times. This book shows that the social and intellectual crisis that overturned Germany’s traditions—a sense of profound spiritual confusion over where modern society was headed—was the same crisis that allowed Hitler to come to power. It also describes how German philosophers actively struggled to create a new kind of philosophy in an effort to understand social incoherence and technology’s diminishing of the individual.

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Book SynopsisHyper-individualism and consumerism are failing to satisfy our hunger for meaning. We face an identity crisis in which real community is increasingly hard to find. The culture wars have been painful and polarising and have proved a poor way to agree any kind of moral standards. Is it even possible to find a vision for goodness that can bring us together? Rumours of a Better Country addresses our hunger for justice and a better way of living by awakening our moral imagination to the potential of a trusting community. Drawing on ancient wisdom and looking through the lens of daily reality, it shows how trust and trustworthiness must be the foundation for any kind of meaningful freedom. Through the questions and mysteries of the ‘Café Now and Not Yet’, readers will experience chance encounters with Palestinians in a pub in communist Czechoslovakia, appreciate an intriguing sculpture from Romania and hear post-communist Ukrainians struggling to imagine a better life. Each of these encounters provides a real-life context for a rich and provocative journey into the heart of goodness and why it matters.

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Book SynopsisThe Challenge of Complexity gathers in one volume over 32 essays by the esteemed French philosopher and sociologist, Edgar Morin, probably France's greatest living public intellectual. The essays span six decades of his career, addressing topics such as complexity, sociology, ecology, education, film, biology, and politics. At his centenary (July 2021), Morin holds honorary doctorates from over 20 universities in Europe and Latin America, and recently the Centre d'Etudes Transdisciplinaires, Sociologie, Anthropologie, Histoire, at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), the prestigious French National Research Center, was renamed the Centre Edgar-Morin. He is also the UNESCO Chair of Complex Thought. Several university centres and institutes have been dedicated to advancing his work in Europe and Latin America. He is the author of more than 80 books, translated into 28 languages, and the 1960 documentary Chronicle of a Summer, which he co-directed with Jean Rouch, has become a classic and the first example of cinema verite. Morin's work on complexity is distinct from the mathematically driven science of complexity. He argues for an epistemological revolution and focuses on the need to develop complex thought to address the lived complexity of an interconnected, interdependent, uncertain world. Morin's contribution in such a wide range of disciplines has been influential because of his ability to bring complex thought to bear on seemingly diverse topics, reflecting on the limitations of how they are approached and articulating a transdisciplinary way that doesnt sacrifice complexity in an effort to find an oversimplified clarity. Morin illuminates the complexity and creativity of the world and of our lived experience, and invites us to participate in the creative process that is existence itself. A substantive overview of Morin's philosophical journey by Alfonso Montuori introduces the reader to Morin's remarkable work and life. And the work is completed by a substantive Letter from Edgar Morin, putting his life's work in the context of recent advances in Science and the Humanities.

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Book SynopsisRefiguring Identity in Corporate Times is aimed as a response to the narcissistic life-strategies promoted by the marketplace. It introduces an identity model that ensures a more inclusive, ethical, and authentic way of living ones own life-script. We live in a culture that requires us to create our own self-interpretation. Claiming to assist us in this mission are self-professed experts and the public media that offer life-strategies for adoption, to which it is all too easy to conform to in hyper-capitalized and consumerist societies. Among the most popular are fashion, entrepreneurship, travel, fitness, and self-spirituality, which are designed by corporate companies for instant appeal and feelgood results, expressing the consumerist religion of hedonistic narcissism and status. The possibility of an alternative identity for todays society that is based on the experience of conscience, sees our self-realization as intimately related to care for others and the advancement of political and civic institutions. To aspire for this identity model is to move from the distorted values of commercial life-strategies to five virtues. The virtues enable us to attune to what is singularly foreign in any experience, signalling ways how our worldview can become more inclusive, ethical, and insightful in its comprehension of existence. This key reading in Identity Studies provides insight into the psychology and behaviour endorsed by consumer culture; charts out a new understanding of virtue ethics; and promotes life-choices that steers consumers away from conformity in its capacity to stimulate the creation of a personal and authentic vision of life that involves others and societal institutions.

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Book SynopsisAfrican nations are many and diverse, each one of them a multicultural home to philosophies that have enriched human communities over the centuries. Yet, the continent s wisdom remains largely undocumented. Of particular importance are those insights that could serve as stimuli to the more responsible and sustainable management of the global economy and the earth's resources. African philosophies about the way to live a flourishing life are predominantly virtue-oriented. However, narratives of African conceptions of virtue are uncommon. This book therefore helps bridge an important gap in literature. Authors writing from South Africa, Ghana, Egypt, Kenya, Mauritius, Côte D'Ivoire and Nigeria share research on indigenous wisdoms on virtue, displaying a marked consensus about the communitarian nature of African virtue ethics traditions and virtues essential for a flourishing life. They also show how indigenous virtue ethics improve corporate practices. This book will be a launchpad for further studies in Afriethics as well as a medium for sharing rich knowledge with the rest of the world. These chapters form a unique record in ethics for researchers, teachers, students and management practitioners of responsible management and African studies. Contributors include: G. Abban-Ampiah, N. Akaloo, S. Azab, R. Beefun, A. Bholoa, Y. Bolade-Ogunfodun, N. Dangui, N. Hurreeram, O. Ikwuegbu, J. Maalter Yobanya, M. Mansi, S. Martinez, B. Matolino, T. Mundia, M.N. N'guessan, S. Nyazenga, J. Ofori-Dankwa, K. Ogunyemi, O. Ogunyemi, P. Olatubosun, Y. Ramma, K. YusuffTrade Review'An innovative contribution for becoming familiar with virtues for business and management, as presented in several African traditions. It may also help to bring a better understanding of how human virtues are expressed in different cultural contexts.' --Domènec Melé, IESE Business School, Spain'As a guide to a well-functioning society and a happy life, this intriguing book describes the transmission and content of virtuous ways of living for businesses, professions, and individuals in the ethical traditions of seven African cultures. It also gives opportunity to those whose ancestors left Africa to compare these virtues for managing socially responsible businesses with the behavioral guides our cultures have developed.' --J. Brooke Hamilton III, Emeritus Professor, University of Louisiana, Lafayette, US'From ancient Egypt to contemporary Ubuntu: what a fascinating journey through time and space this book presents. But it doesn't stop there as it also explores these traditions' relationships to Western takes on virtue ethics. African Virtue Ethics Traditions for Business and Management extends an exciting implicit invitation to ''decolonialize'' our views on virtue ethics.' --Oliver Laasch, University of Manchester, UKTable of ContentsContents: Foreword 1. Virtue Ethics Traditions in Africa – An Introduction Kemi Ogunyemi 2. Ubuntu: A Traditional Virtue Ethics Contribution to Economic and Social Development Bernard Matolino 3. Creativity, Initiative and Innovation in Ancient Egypt and Contemporary Workplace Ethics Omowumi Ogunyemi, Mahmoud Mansi, Sandra Azab 4. African Traditional Ethical Values: Illustrations from the Akan Context in Ghana and Business Implications Grace Abban-Ampiah, Jennifer Maalter Yobanya, Joseph Ofori-Dankwa 5. Shaping Values in Business in Cote D’Ivoire – Voices from Times Gone By Marie Noelle N’guessan, Nadia Dangui 6. Kenyan Traditional Values and Aristotelian Virtue Ethics Thomas Mundia, Santi Martinez 7. Evolution of moral values and ethics in trades and businesses since independence in Mauritius Ajeevsing Bholoa, Yashwantrao Ramma, Nundini Akaloo, Roodradeo Beefun, Navin Hurreeram 8. Nigeria’s Traditional Virtue Ethics: Ọmọlúàbí and Its Implications for Business and Management Yemisi Bolade-Ogunfodun, Kolawole Yusuff, Obinna Ikwuegbu 9. The Value of Ubuntu – Moral and Governance case for Ethical and Responsible Financing and Investment Practices in South Africa Posi Olatubosun, Sethi Nyazenga 10. The Relevance of African Virtue Ethics Traditions Today Kemi Ogunyemi Index

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Book SynopsisCommunication Ethics: Promoting Truth, Responsibility, and Civil Discourse in a Polarized Age is intended to teach students how to ethically communicate in a world where it has become difficult to navigate the strains of perceived difference. Disinformation, dishonesty, denials of responsibility and a lack of accountability are just some of the factors that are compromising our ability to engage in civil discourse. For a student to understand how to better communicate given these challenges, it is necessary for them to understand the theoretical foundation for ethics and to practice applying ethical communication strategies to situations they will increasingly face in their everyday lives.The text equips readers with the practical skills they need to deal with difficult communication situations they face in a complex world. It features a case study approach that affords students experience in constructing arguments using a combination of traditional ethical theory with an updated focus on how to apply those principles in a challenging and ever more polarized society.The book highlights the need to promote truth, speaks to the impact of technology on ethics and communication, addresses current controversies in the field, and more.A timely and essential resource for today's modern students, Communication Ethics is an excellent textbook for courses and programs in ethical communication.

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Book SynopsisThis insightful book provides an analysis of the central ethical issues that have arisen in combatting global terrorism and, in particular, jihadist terrorist groups, notably Al Qaeda, Islamic State and their affiliates. Chapters explore the theoretical problems that arise in relation to terrorism, such as the definition of terrorism and the concept of collective responsibility, and consider specific ethical issues in counter-terrorism.The book discusses a range of key topics including targeted killing, enhanced interrogation of terrorists, preventive detention, freedom of expression and terrorist content on social media, bulk metadata collection and responding to terrorist attacks that use weapons of mass destruction. It also explores ethical issues that have often been neglected, such as psychological warfare and stings. Taking a practical approach, the book offers recommendations for resolving these ethical problems in counter-terrorism. Integrating philosophical and legal analysis with empirical evidence, this book will be critical reading for scholars and students of human rights, international relations and terrorism and security law. Its use of specific examples of terrorist organisations, tactics and outcomes will also be valuable for policy-makers in the field.Trade Review‘Counter-Terrorism: The Ethical Issues provides a thorough and systematic introduction into the ethics of counter-terrorism. Drawing on leading experts in the field and aimed at a wider audience, it clarifies the philosophical foundations, covers widely discussed special topics, and expands the debate to so far understudied but nonetheless important legal and moral issues. Combining theoretical and analytical depth with a simultaneous realistic focus on practice, it offers excellent politically relevant scholarship on a pressing issue of our times.’Table of ContentsContents: Introduction to counter-terrorism: the ethical issues 1 1 Preventive criminal law: terrorist crimes and liberal democratic values 10 Mitt Regan and Alexandra L. White 2 The definition of terrorism 24 Seumas Miller and Jonas Feltes 3 Collective responsibility and counter-terrorism 35 Seumas Miller and Jonas Feltes 4 Kill, wound or capture: ethics considerations for counter-terrorism operations 46 Michael Robillard 5 Accountability for targeted killing 61 Mary B. DeRosa and Mitt Regan 6 Interrogation ethics in counter-terror operations 77 Michael Skerker 7 Preventive detention of terrorists 92 Seumas Miller 8 Use of stings in counter-terrorism: entrapment and ethics 105 Seumas Miller 9 Counter-terrorism, social media and the regulation of extremist content 116 Levi J. West 10 On free public communication and terrorism online 129 Adam Henschke 11 Counter-terrorism and PSYOP 143 Michael Robillard 12 From ‘need to share’ to ‘need to care’: information aggregation and the need to care about how surveillance technologies are used for counter-terrorism 156 Adam Henschke 13 Bulk data collection, national security and ethics 169 Scott Robbins 14 Collective moral responsibility and chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear terrorism: the case of phosphine 181 Jonas Feltes Index

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Book SynopsisElgar Research Agendas outline the future of research in a given area. Leading scholars are given the space to explore their subject in provocative ways, and map out the potential directions of travel. They are relevant but also visionary.Drawing on the philosophy of existentialism, this thought-provoking Research Agenda questions and encourages deeper ethical thinking about organizational practices during this time of existential crisis. Rather than relying on prescriptive normative ethical theories, it advocates for ethical concerns to be addressed through intersubjective encounters.Chapters engage with diverse philosophical perspectives and illuminate their key ideas through literature, visual arts, and music, bringing forth situated truths that will resonate with and incite the reader to think and act critically to avoid perpetuating dehumanization, precarity, and mindlessness. The Research Agenda will ultimately inspire leaders and scholars to expand, rethink, practice, sustain, and transform organizations towards a future of flourishing for all stakeholders.Integrating qualitative hermeneutics with existential philosophy, this discerning Research Agenda will offer students and scholars of organization studies, business ethics and leadership a unique perspective on organizational ethics.Trade Review‘This edited collection reflects important debates in organizational ethics and provides comprehensive, critical, and creative responses that will help move the field forward. With such an innovative approach to the subject, I wholeheartedly recommend this book to all colleagues, whether they are students, scholars or practicing leaders. There are significant insights for all.’ -- Gareth Edwards, University of the West of England, UKTable of ContentsContents: Preface xvii PART I EXPANDING HORIZONS OF SCHOLARSHIP THROUGH INTERPRETIVE HERMENEUTICS 1 Expanding horizons: mythodology for interpretive scholarship 3 Jen Jones 2 Aesop’s cautionary fables about the demos and leadership 19 Joanne B. Ciulla 3 The ethics of faith and suspicion: reflections with the philosophy of Ricoeur and the fiction of le Carré 33 Leah Tomkins PART II RETHINKING ETHICAL DECISION-MAKING AND ACTION 4 How irony can inform whistleblowing: lessons from Harriet Jacobs 49 Donna Ladkin 5 On bolstering the experience of moral agency: Simone de Beauvoir and ethical decision-making in organizations 63 Helet Botha 6 Giving up the good for the better: Dorothy Day’s ethic of direct action 77 Barbara Jones Denison PART III RESTORING SUBJECTIVITY IN ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIFICATION 7 Questioning large corporations: personalism and localism for organizations too big to care 93 Gregory R. Beabout 8 Organizational ethics of Smith and Levinas: sympathy and face countering precarity 107 Ronald C. Arnett 9 Examining “managing a diverse workforce” using critical leadership theory and Fanon’s work can reveal its colonialist practices 121 Jennifer L. S. Chandler PART IV PRACTICING VIRTUE, PROFESSIONAL CIVILITY, AND MINDFULNESS IN ORGANIZATIONS 10 Ethical existential leadership lessons from Flannery O’Connor’s “The Lame Shall Enter First” 135 Janie Harden Fritz 11 “Everything is waiting for you”: a ventriloqual view of organizational ethics, professional civility, and the practice of attention 149 .züm Üçok-Sayrak 12 The integrally mindful organization: creating interspaces for human flourishing 163 Annette M. Holba PART V SUSTAINING ORGANIZATIONS THROUGH SILENCE AND CARE 13 Thomas Merton’s love of silence and the organization of creative responsibility 179 Aaron K. Kerr 14 Grounding sustainable organizations through an ethics of care 191 Danilo Boffa PART VI TRANSFORMING ORGANIZATIONS IN TIMES OF CRISIS 15 Unmasking the problem in a pandemic age: Arendt, Camus, and collective responsibility 207 Rita A. Gardiner 16 The Plague: invitation to transformation in an age of absurdity 221 Brent C. Sleasman Index

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Book SynopsisData Ethics of Power takes a reflective and fresh look at the ethical implications of transforming everyday life and the world through the effortless, costless, and seamless accumulation of extra layers of data. By shedding light on the constant tensions that exist between ethical principles and the interests invested in this socio-technical transformation, the book bridges the theory and practice divide in the study of the power dynamics that underpin these processes of the digitalization of the world. Gry Hasselbalch expertly draws on nearly two decades of experience in the field, and key literature, to advance a better understanding of the challenges faced by big data and AI developers. She provides an innovative ethical framework for studying and governing Big-Data and Artificial Intelligence. Offering both a historical account and a theoretical analysis of power dynamics and their ethical implications, as well as incisive ideas to guide future research and governance practices, the book makes a significant contribution to the establishment of an emerging data and AI ethics discipline.This timely book is a must-read for scholars studying AI, data, and technology ethics. Policymakers in the regulatory, governance, public administration, and management sectors will find the practical proposals for a human-centric approach to big data and AI to be a valuable resource for revising and developing future policies.Trade Review’In this concise work, Hasselbalch outlines the ramifications of power with respect to data ethics and cultural data practices. Beginning with definitions of common terminology used in the field, Hasselbalch establishes common ground for readers and takes them through a breadth of power scenarios in various areas of data ethics practice. She explores the influence of power in realistic situations such as policy vacuums and surveillance society. Though a number of publications address data science ethics, what sets this work apart is the robust depth of knowledge the author brings to the topic; she moves beyond a descriptive approach to focus on the interactive relationship between power and data ethics. The text usefully identifies regional differences between the European Union and other areas of the world in light of the EU's stringent data-protections regime. Given the regional differences and international nature of many data science operations, this work is relevant to students worldwide. Hasselbalch offers a rich bibliography for extended study along with the usual backmatter. Undergraduate and graduate students studying computer science and related technologies will profit from reading the book. Highly recommended. Lower- and upper-division undergraduates.’ -- K J Whitehair, CHOICE‘Data Ethics of Power is an instant classic of technology law and policy. Its wise and topical policy recommendations stand on rigorous philosophical foundations. In Hasselbalch’s work, we are taken on a journey to the origins of ethics, to understand the critical importance of empowering institutions for wise governance of AI. As policymakers work to promote and channel AI, they should find much here to guide their deliberations. Deeply relevant to academics, practitioners, and anyone interested in the future development of advanced technology, Data Ethics of Power revitalizes the field of AI ethics.’ -- Frank Pasquale, Brooklyn Law School, US‘This book offers a unique and timely contribution to the fields of data and AI ethics by examining power structures in both the big data and the AI ethics space. Dr. Hasselbalch provides a paradigm shift in thinking about data ethics and power stating that data ethics is not only about power but also is power. Re-framing the discussion in this way uncovers novel solutions to the pressing problems created by big data and AI. This book is required reading for academics, industry leaders, and policy makers in the data and AI ethics space looking to address the future of data and AI in society on a global scale.’ -- Aimee van Wynsberghe, University of Bonn, Germany‘Data Ethics of Power by Gry Hasselbalch provides a deeply impactful approach to a subject typically bogged down by technical or political dogma by identifying the systems of power that create the highest levels of obfuscation around data. But it is in her revelation that open, unconditional love will provide the individual and communal willingness for genuine change that her words bring essential human healing regarding autonomous data ethics governance.’ -- John C. Havens, author of Heartificial Intelligence: Embracing our Humanity to Maximize Machines‘A recurring criticism of tech ethics is that ideas about responsible innovation are idealizations—aspirational wish lists too far removed from inequitable real-world power struggles. Gry Hasselbalch’s Data Ethics of Power: A Human Approach in the Big Data and AI Era provides a much-needed corrective. This masterful, interdisciplinary work makes a deep, human-centered case for conceptualizing and practicing data ethics as interrogating and negotiating infrastructures of power and their complex underlying cultural conditions.’ -- Evan Selinger, Rochester Institute of Technology, USTable of ContentsContents: Preface Introduction to Data Ethics of Power 1. Big Data Sociotechnical Infrastructures (BDSTIs) 2. Sociotechnical change and data ethical governance 3. Artificial Intelligence Sociotechnical Infrastructures (AISTIs) 4. Data interests and data cultures 5. What is data ethics? 6. Conclusion to Data Ethics of Power Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisHow to make better life-enhancing choices when environments crumble and population shifts disrupt our ways of living? Dr Griffiths takes a deep look at how our brains trick us into seeing the surface of things so that we lose sight of the deep relatedness on which our survival as groups will increasingly depend. Many astonishing insights follow. Body-mind dualism dissolves, as the ecological person moves with others in a renewed group-approach to thriving. Dilemmas in the standard quantum view of matter and spirituality resolve so that groups of people are empowered by the same fusion energy burning in stars to renew their power of creative choice. Human inner heart is restored over mind, to its central place, as personal values reshape the future.

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Book SynopsisIn Nationhood and Political Theory, Margaret Canovan argues that universalist political theories unconsciously rely upon the collective power generated by national solidarity. By focusing on nationhood as a source of power, Dr Canovan's book obliges political theorists to face the dilemmas involved in reconciling particularist power bases with universal principles.Trade Review'The puzzle of national identity is explored illuminatingly by Margaret Canovan. . . . Political theorists have recently begun to take such issues seriously and this book is a welcome addition to the literature.'Table of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction 2. The Case Against Nationalism 3. Democratic Theory: Government by the People 4. Social Justice: Looking After our People 5. Liberal Universalism: A National Heritage? 6. What is a Nation? 7. Power from the People: Nationhood and Political Community 8. Nationhood, Patriotism and Universalism 9. Nationalism Versus Liberal Democracy 10. Nationhood and Political Theory Bibliography

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Book SynopsisBecause it is technically flawed and morally bankrupt, the author argues, the economist's consequence-based, procedurally detached theory of the state has contributed to the growth of government. As part of the Kantian-Rawlsian contractarian project, this book seeks to return economics to its foundations in moral philosophy. Given the moral equivalence of persons, the greatest possible equal participation must be promoted, persons must be impartially treated and, because it is grounded in consequentialist social welfare theory (SWT), the economist's theory of the state must be rejected. Ad hoc deployment of SWT has facilitated discriminatory rent seeking and contributed to larger government. In contrast, this book argues that equal political participation and a constitutional impartiality constraint minimize rent seeking, respect individual perceptions of the 'public good' and underwrite the legitimacy of government. Economists, moral philosophers and political scientists will find this book a unique contribution to the literature.Trade Review'. . . Roth's book is useful and valuable. Using modern secular thought as his starting point, he reaches roughly the same conclusions that one would reach reasoning from the older Christian tradition. There is certainly much to like about that effort.' -- Paul A. Cleveland, Markets & Morality'This book is one of the best discussions of welfare economics since Murray Rothbard's classic paper of 1956 "Toward a Reconstruction of Utility and Welfare Economics".' -- David Gordon, The Mises Review'Timothy Roth shows that social welfare theory, as currently defended by welfare economists and policymakers, is based on a confused and untenable moral theory, is incompatible with a rights-based legal order and is bound to promote unjust and arbitrary redistributions. By advocating a return to the Kantian conception of the moral agent, Roth shows the way to a normative economics that harmonizes with both intuitive morality and the American legal and constitutional tradition.' -- Roger Scruton, Writer and Philosopher, formerly University Professor and Professor of Philosophy at Boston University, US'The moral imperative of individual autonomy, embodied in the Kantian-Rawlsian perspective on social order, cannot be reconciled with the utilitarian presuppositions that inform normative applications of modern economics. This book exposes the contradictions that are present when the basic philosophical foundations are ignored, a stance that is, unfortunately, characteristic of much modern discourse as well as political practice.' -- James M. Buchanan, George Mason University, US and a Nobel LaureateTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. A Prior Ethical Commitment 2. Ends vs. Means: Consequentialism vs. Contractarianism 3. The Consequentialist Approach to Government 4. Enter the Economists 5. The Efficiency Standard, Corruption and the Growth of Government 6. The Indeterminacy of Social Welfare Theory 7. The Contractarian Approach to Government 8. The Rules of the Political Game 9. Playing by the Generality Rule 10. Generality and Minimalist Government References Index

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Book SynopsisThe Economics of Sin examines the definition and evolution of sin from the perspective of rational choice economics, yet is conscious of the limitations of such an approach. The author argues that because engaging in activities deemed to be sinful is an act of choice, it can therefore be subject to the logic of choice in the economic model. The book considers the formation of religions, including the new age revival of 'wicca', as regulators of the quasi-market in sins, and goes on to appraise the role of specific sins such as lying, envy, jealousy, greed, lust, sloth, and waste in individual markets and in macroeconomic activity. Empirical evidence on issues such as cannibalism, capital punishment, addiction, adultery and prostitution is also explored. Samuel Cameron concludes that a large percentage of economic activity is intimately connected with forms of sin which are in some circumstances highly beneficial to the functioning of markets, particularly in the presence of market failure.This innovative, interdisciplinary study of the institution of sin will be of enormous interest to a wide-ranging readership, including researchers and teachers of economics, sociology and theology. It will also be of importance for anthropologists and philosophers.Trade Review'This is a fascinating book. Readers will be surprised to discover the lengths to which the Von Neumann-Morgenstern, Becker, Lancaster and Knight models of rational choice can be applied to all forms of sinful behaviour. . . This volume is an interesting read and will be of interest to lecturers and students alike.' -- Marcus Ling, Economic Issues'The Economics of Sin is a timely work, a bold and engaging - though controversial - journey into territory where there is much to be done but most modern economists still fear to tread. . . It makes a useful contribution to the discipline, and should force any reader to grapple with some fairly deep questions that, until recently, lay nearly dormant in the economics literature.' -- Joseph G. Eisenhauer, Review of Social Economy'It is a remarkable book and presages what might have been called "the economics of the Bible". The author very successfully invokes the arguments of economics and blends them with theology.' -- John Brewer, Network'The ultimate test of a book is whether it should be granted shelf space in one's library. The Economics of Sin should be considered a work produced more at the beginning of a field of thought than in the middle or at the end. There is much unexplored territory. Cameron is a Marco Polo who has traveled afar and now recounts the amazing things he has seen on his journey. Before we begin our own journey, we want to know what he knows, both to warn us away from preventable mistakes or shortcomings, as well as to help us formulated our own conjectures and compare them to what others have done. >The Economics of Sin performs a great service that reflects the amount of time and care that went into preparing it. It easily passes the library shelf space test.' -- Earl L. Grinols, Faith and EconomicsTable of ContentsContents: Part I: 1. Introduction 2. Tools of the Trade: Rational Choice 3. Religion Part II: 4. Greed, Lust, Sloth and Waste 5. Envy and Jealousy 6. Lies and Deceit Part III: 7. Matters of Life and Death 8. Addiction 9. Adultery 10. Prostitution 11. Conclusion Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisWith this important book, esteemed economist Leland B. Yeager grounds moral and political philosophy in the requirements of a well-functioning society, one whose members reap the gains from peaceful cooperation while pursuing their own diverse goals. This book explores the reasons an individual may have for helping to uphold such a society rather than seeking a free ride on the moral behavior of others. A work in the tradition of Hume, Smith, Mill, von Mises, Hayek and Hazlitt, it expounds a rules or indirect version of utilitarianism. It reviews criticisms of utilitarianism in detail, as well as alternative grounds of ethics including contractarianism, rights-based doctrines, and appeals to specific intuitions. Yeager brings the insights of economics to bear on a field usually dominated by philosophers and theologians. Ethics comes across as a subject amply open to the findings of economics and the other social and natural sciences. Economists, philosophers and other students and scholars of the social sciences will welcome this book. It will also appeal to any reader interested in exploring the ideas of ethics.Trade Review'. . . this is a very ambitious book - ranging over a great deal of territory and a great number of issues . . . the general perspectives offered are certainly engaging.' -- Alan Hamlin, Journal of Economic Methodology'. . . an illuminating book, informed by careful thought and wide-ranging scholarship.' -- David Gordon, The Mises Review'Economics claims to be a science of choice and its unintended consequences, but economists sneak moral judgments in through the back door. Ethics, on the other hand, often falters on the stilts of weak economic theories and assumptions. The result - economics without ethics is often sterile, and ethics without economics is often incoherent. Severed from one another, each can be dangerously misleading, and each misses the opportunity to better understand the economic and moral complexity behind social cooperation. Ethics as Social Science helps reconcile the two disciplines, and represents years of seasoned, careful thinking on the topic. Using clear, straightforward language, Yeager argues that economists should be alert to their ethical positions, rather than preach tacitly behind the mask of social welfare analysis and the like. Calling for a comparative institutional analysis, Yeager himself advances an argument in favor of an indirect or rule utilitarianism, one that is sure to unleash debate among libertarians, classical liberals, and defenders of mainstream welfare economics, and among moral philosophers who follow the present state of economic theory.' -- David L. Prychitko, Northern Michigan University, USTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Ethics and Economics 2. Some Fundamentals 3. Origins of Ethics 4. The Case for Indirect Utilitarianism 5. What Counts as Utility? 6. The Alleged Problem of Aggregation 7. Is Utilitarianism Immoral? 8. Altruism and Self-Interest 9. Duty and Universalizability 10. Rivals of Utilitarianism 11. Law, Government, and Policy 12. Utilitarianism after All References Index

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Book SynopsisSolidly grounded on Aristotelian anthropology, moral capital develops a set of principles, practices and metrics useful to business leaders and managers, while eliminating the ambiguity of social capital and allowing for the integration of business ethics initiatives into a robust corporate culture.Sison studies a wide range of recent management cases from the viewpoint of moral capital: the sorry state of US airport screeners before 9-11, the Ford Explorer rollovers and Firestone tire failures, the battle for the 'HP way' between Carly Fiorina and the heirs of the founding families, the dynamics of Microsoft's serial monopolistic behavior, the pitfalls of Enron's senior executives, the sincerity of Howard Lutnick's commitment to Cantor Fitzgerald families, how Andersen's loss of reputation proved mortal and a fresh look at Jack Welch's purported achievements during his tenure at GE.He explains the relationship between different structural and operational levels in the human being (actions, habits, character and lifestyle) and in the firm (products, protocols, corporate culture and corporate history). These levels are later associated with different institutions of moral capital (basic currency, interests, investment bonds, estates or legacies). Strategies for measuring, developing and managing moral capital on both a personal and an organizational plane are also discussed.This engaging and provocative study is a must-read for professors, students, and practitioners of business ethics, general management, human resource management and economic theory.Trade Review'Sison offers an ambitious approach for tackling the ever-present concern of corporate ethical behavior. In this timely work, he introduces and defines the concepts of moral and social capital, creating analogies with commonly used financial terminology (e.g. currency and compound interest). Drawing on many examples of contemporary moral behavior in corporations, he carefully crafts an engaging explanation of human-corporate interactions and then connects them with his analogous 'institutions' of moral capital. His concluding chapter offers ways to measure and manage moral capital. Chapter references and an index add value for scholars. . . many complexities are simplified in the well-written discussion. . . Recommended.' -- L.J. Cumbo, Choice'In this book, Alejo Sison takes the notion of 'social capital' very seriously and gives us an 'Aristotelian' analysis of its importance in modern business life. He also gives us diagnoses of some of the worst recent abuses of trust and their terrible cost. It is a timely work, to be recommended.' -- Robert C. Solomon, University of Texas, Austin, US'[This book is] an illuminating and sophisticated exploration of virtues and values, with important implications for leadership and followership in both the economic and political marketplaces. [It is] a major contribution to the growing field of leadership.' -- James MacGregor Burns, William College, USTable of ContentsContents: Foreword Introduction 1. Understanding Labor: From Manpower to Social Capital 2. Moral Capital and Leadership 3. Actions, Moral Capital’s Basic Currency 4. Habits, Moral Capital’s Compound Interest 5. Character, Moral Capital’s Investment Bond 6. Lifestyles and Moral Capital Estates 7. Measuring and Managing Moral Capital Index

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Book SynopsisOrganisational politics raises important theoretical and practical questions: what obligations of loyalty do I have to my organisation, or to friends and colleagues? How honest should I be in what I say and in the impressions I give? This path-breaking book confronts these and other such questions. In doing so, it examines dilemmas that many people face daily. The book suggests that there is no routine or automatic way to approach such issues, but that widely accepted ethical principles can often help us deal with them, if we bear in mind some basic points about people's behaviour in organisations.The book avoids undue technicality. Although informed by philosophical discussions of abstract ethics, its argument is based on detailed and systematic analysis of examples in organisational settings. The focus is on addressing ethical issues of practical importance for people who work in organisations. The book will especially interest scholars involved with research and teaching in business ethics, and other areas of applied ethics. Practitioners in management will also find that the book addresses many real concerns. Academics in a number of other areas ranging from general management to moral philosophy and social theory may also find points to consider.Trade Review'The book is thorough and comprehensive. . . and its non-technical style make it well suited for both the generally informed and interested reader and for organisational researchers and researchers in applied ethics and business ethics.' -- Poul Poder, Tidsskrift for Arbejdsliv'This is an interesting and useful book on a theme of theoretical and practical importance. . . it is admirably written, and Professor Provis has the very useful practice of concluding each chapter with a brief summary. . . The book has a wide bearing on questions of trust and responsibility, and is relevant to more than one audience. It is of interest to scholars in organisation and business ethics; it would be useful in graduate courses in business (MBA and similar programmes); to managers in business and public organisations.' -- Leonard Minkes, Philosophy of Management'. . . a fascinating, sophisticated and insightful discussion of the dilemmas and quandaries that confront us in organisational politics. Chris Provis' book deserves a wide readership for its realistic and sensitive approach to how we can respect people as autonomous decision makers, while still recognising their susceptibility to ethically questionable influences when confronted by conflicts of obligation. The extended case study is an excellent vehicle for the practitioner to engage in searching personal reflexivity. . .' -- Karen Legge, University of Warwick, UKTable of ContentsContents: Introduction Part I: Issues and Processes 1. Politics, Definitions and Ethics 2. Human Nature, Behaviour and Ethics Part II: Dilemmas, Loyalties and Authority 3. Ethics, Prudence and Politics 4. Authority and Norms in Organisations 5. Legitimacy, Consent and Fairness 6. Individuals, Groups and Loyalties Part III: Communication, Expectations and Obligations 7. Ethics and Judgement 8. Communication, Influence and Ethics 9. Impression Management and Reality 10. Influence, Expectations and Legitimacy 11. Groups and Positions 12. Conclusion References Index

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Book SynopsisSolidly grounded on Aristotelian anthropology, moral capital develops a set of principles, practices and metrics useful to business leaders and managers, while eliminating the ambiguity of social capital and allowing for the integration of business ethics initiatives into a robust corporate culture.Sison studies a wide range of recent management cases from the viewpoint of moral capital: the sorry state of US airport screeners before 9-11, the Ford Explorer rollovers and Firestone tire failures, the battle for the 'HP way' between Carly Fiorina and the heirs of the founding families, the dynamics of Microsoft's serial monopolistic behavior, the pitfalls of Enron's senior executives, the sincerity of Howard Lutnick's commitment to Cantor Fitzgerald families, how Andersen's loss of reputation proved mortal and a fresh look at Jack Welch's purported achievements during his tenure at GE.He explains the relationship between different structural and operational levels in the human being (actions, habits, character and lifestyle) and in the firm (products, protocols, corporate culture and corporate history). These levels are later associated with different institutions of moral capital (basic currency, interests, investment bonds, estates or legacies). Strategies for measuring, developing and managing moral capital on both a personal and an organizational plane are also discussed.This engaging and provocative study is a must-read for professors, students, and practitioners of business ethics, general management, human resource management and economic theory.Trade Review'Sison offers an ambitious approach for tackling the ever-present concern of corporate ethical behavior. In this timely work, he introduces and defines the concepts of moral and social capital, creating analogies with commonly used financial terminology (e.g. currency and compound interest). Drawing on many examples of contemporary moral behavior in corporations, he carefully crafts an engaging explanation of human-corporate interactions and then connects them with his analogous 'institutions' of moral capital. His concluding chapter offers ways to measure and manage moral capital. Chapter references and an index add value for scholars. . . many complexities are simplified in the well-written discussion. . . Recommended.' -- L.J. Cumbo, Choice'In this book, Alejo Sison takes the notion of 'social capital' very seriously and gives us an 'Aristotelian' analysis of its importance in modern business life. He also gives us diagnoses of some of the worst recent abuses of trust and their terrible cost. It is a timely work, to be recommended.' -- Robert C. Solomon, University of Texas, Austin, US'[This book is] an illuminating and sophisticated exploration of virtues and values, with important implications for leadership and followership in both the economic and political marketplaces. [It is] a major contribution to the growing field of leadership.' -- James MacGregor Burns, William College, USTable of ContentsContents: Foreword Introduction 1. Understanding Labor: From Manpower to Social Capital 2. Moral Capital and Leadership 3. Actions, Moral Capital’s Basic Currency 4. Habits, Moral Capital’s Compound Interest 5. Character, Moral Capital’s Investment Bond 6. Lifestyles and Moral Capital Estates 7. Measuring and Managing Moral Capital Index

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Book SynopsisManu Bazzano engages with identity, otherness and ethics in a wide-ranging discussion of hospitality, exploring various social and political implications. Identity is examined primarily through the experience of Buddhist meditation, understood as phenomenological enquiry, as an exploration aimed at clarifying the non-substantiality of the self, the fluid nature of identity, and the contingent nature of existence. Otherness is discussed using insights from philosophy and psychology. In todays world of globalised capitalism there is the spectre of the stranger, the migrant, the asylum seeker. If the I comes fully into being when relating to the other, the citizen can only become a true citizen when he/she responds adequately to the presence of the non-citizen. A self which does not respond to the other is isolated. And a citizen who fails to respond, or worse demonises non-citizens, can he still be called a citizen? The book retraces the origins of collective forms of malaise such as fanatical patriotism and xenophobia, both legacies of monotheism -- the cult of an exclusivist deity. It looks critically at the notions of covenant, territory, kinship and nation, and formulates the view of "nation-state" as expansion of the ego (Buber) and as imagined community. Symbolic and aesthetic dimensions provide a necessary humanistic perspective -- the context of demands imposed by others and the phenomenological means to accommodate frames of reference of different religious, philosophical and scientific systems. And herein the author provides a revealing alternative -- poetry -- which promotes the opening up of new vistas, emancipation and radical change: Hoelderlin spoke of "living poetically on the earth". Throughout, the author engages with philosophy/religion from antiquity till today, and from East to West, thus providing an historic overview of how hospitality goes to the core of psychological well-being.

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Book SynopsisAdam Smith's remarkable book, The Theory of Moral Sentiments, now deservedly coming to greater prominence, combines classical philosophy, early modern psychology and incisive observations of everyday life into a complex theory of human behaviour. New Perspectives on Adam Smith's "The Theory of Moral Sentiments" is a comprehensive study of Smith's ideas, reflecting the explosion of interest in his work. It brings together themes and methodologies from a variety of fields, including politics, sociology, intellectual history, history of science and evolutionary psychology. The contributions revolve around four themes: the ways in which Smith combined both classical and modern sources to create his own account of human economic and social behaviour; the insights gained from taking seriously the centrality of a benevolent deity to Smith's system; Smith's exploration of new forms of civility and self-formation, and the relationship between Smith's moral philosophy and the emerging bodies of knowledge that were formalised in the nineteenth century as sociology and science.Economists and political economists have predominated in Adam Smith scholarship. This book looks at Smith's ideas from a much broader set of disciplinary perspectives and as such will appeal to historians of economic, political and moral thought as well as Adam Smith scholars in particular and economists more generally.Trade Review'. . . I am not sure if I have sufficiently conveyed the impressive scholarship and good judgement of all papers. These papers are a credit to the authors and the publisher.' -- William Coleman, History of Economics Review'This is an interesting, far ranging, and novel collection of essays on Smith's "other" book. The scholarship is authoritative and knowledgeable.' -- Jeffrey T. Young, St Lawrence University, US'While much attention has been given to The Wealth of Nations, Adam Smith's companion book on The Theory of Moral Sentiments is often ignored or dismissed as incompatible with the central message of the more famous work. While a number of economists and other social scientists have criticized such stances, this collection of essays brings together a number of fresh and important perspectives on Smith's relatively neglected volume. Smith's ideas on moral sentiments and human nature are placed in the intellectual context of his time, particularly regarding the Enlightenment and contemporary attitudes to religion. The result is an innovative and highly stimulating collection of essays, which should help to make Smith's ideas much less dismal than some economists have rendered them.' -- Geoffrey M. Hodgson, University of Hertfordshire, UK'This collection significantly enriches our knowledge of Smith's The Theory of Moral Sentiments, enhances our understanding of how TMS relates to The Wealth of Nations and Lectures on Jurisprudence, and presents new insights into the relation of Smith's ideas to the Enlightenment. As bonuses, it indicates how seemingly contradictory ideas were temporarily and variably freshly combined, and the ideational path formed by such combinations. The book will undoubtedly lead to further interpretive controversy but it should also lead to fresh combinations and new agreements, however temporary, as contemporary views change in similar ways.' -- Warren J. Samuels, Michigan State University, USTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction Geoff Cockfield, Ann Firth and John Laurent 2. The Role of Thumos in Adam Smith’s System Lisa Hill 3. Adam Smith’s Treatment of the Greeks in The Theory of Moral Sentiments: The Case of Aristotle Richard Temple-Smith 4. Adam Smith, Religion and the Scottish Enlightenment Pete Clarke 5. The ‘New View’ of Adam Smith and the Development of his Views Over Time James E. Alvey 6. The Moon Before the Dawn: A Seventeenth-Century Precursor of Smith’s The Theory of Moral Sentiments Jack Barbalet 7. Adam Smith’s Moral Philosophy as Ethical Self-formation Ann Firth 8. Science and its Applications in The Theory of Moral Sentiments David Thorpe 9. Adam Smith, Charles Darwin and the Moral Sense John Laurent and Geoff Cockfield Index

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Book SynopsisThis book provides critical, up-to-date reviews on the field of ethics and integrity of governance, along with fresh future perspectives. Focusing on Europe and the US, it addresses the key dimensions of public service values, the integrity and rationality of governance, ethics management, and the ethics of governance politics. In each of these four areas, leading international scholars tackle the main issues and controversies facing the world today. The final chapter synthesizes these views and provides an ambitious and critical outline for future work in the field of ethics and integrity of governance. Emanating from the much heralded 'transatlantic dialogue', this study integrates both the European and American perspectives into a common voice for action.Ethics and Integrity of Governance will appeal to academics, researchers and practitioners in the areas of leadership and organisation, public policy and public administration, and public values and ethics.Trade Review'The book is a welcome contribution to the literature on ethics as it provides a broader horizon of investigation than most familiar works in recent years.' -- Jamil E. Jreisat, International Journal of Public AdministrationTable of ContentsContents: Foreword John A. Rohr 1. Introduction Leo W.J.C. Huberts, Jeroen Maesschalck and Carole L. Jurkiewicz PART I: PUBLIC SERVICE ETHOS, VALUES AND INTEGRITY 2. The Evolution of the British Public Service Ethos: A Historical Institutional Approach to Explaining Continuity and Change Wouter Vandenabeele and Sylvia Horton 3. A Revolution in Organizational Values: Change and Recalibration Carole L. Jurkiewicz and Robert A. Giacalone 4. Ethical Norms in Public Service: A Framework for Analysis Carol W. Lewis 5. Judging a Public Official’s Integrity Frédérique E. Six and Leo W.J.C. Huberts PART II: THE INTEGRITY, RATIONALITY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF GOVERNANCE 6. Ethical Leadership and Administrative Evil: The Distorting Effects of Technical Rationality Guy B. Adams and Danny L. Balfour 7. The Swiss Federal Administration in the Context of Downsizing: Public Servants’ Perception about their Work Environment and Ethical Issues Yves Emery and Carole Wyser PART III: ETHICS AND INTEGRITY MANAGEMENT AND INSTRUMENTS 8. Ethical Governance in Local Government in England: A Regulator’s View Gillian Fawcett and Mark Wardman 9. A Paradigmatic Shift in Ethics and Integrity Management within the Dutch Public Sector? Beyond Compliance – A Practitioner’s View Alain Hoekstra, Alex Belling and Eli van der Heide 10. How to Encourage Ethical Behaviour: The Impact of Police Leadership on Police Officers Taking Gratuities Terry Lamboo, Karin Lasthuizen and Leo W.J.C. Huberts PART IV: ETHICS AND INTEGRITY AND THE POLITICS OF GOVERNANCE 11. Removing Employee Protections: A ‘See no Evil’ Approach to Civil Service Reform James S. Bowman and Jonathan P. West 12. In Defence of Politicking: Private, Personal and Public Interests Robert P. Kaye 13. Perceptions of Corruption as Distrust? Cause and Effect in Attitudes Towards Government Steven Van de Walle PART V: CONCLUSION 14. Global Perspectives on Good Governance Policies and Research Leo W.J.C. Huberts, Jeroen Maesschalck and Carole L. Jurkiewicz Index

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Book SynopsisThe Handbook of Economics and Ethics portrays an understanding of economic methodology in which facts and values, though distinct, are closely interconnected in a variety of ways. From theory building to data collection, and from modelling to policy evaluation, this encyclopaedic Handbook is at the intersection of economics and ethics.Irene van Staveren and Jan Peil bring together 75 unique and original papers to provide up-to-date insights on topics such as markets, globalization, human development, rationality, efficiency, and corporate social responsibility. The book presents contributions from an array of international scholars using methodological and theoretical approaches, and convincingly demonstrates the death of the positive/normative dichotomy that so long held economics in its grip.This invaluable resource will strongly appeal to students of economics and economic methodology, philosophy of science and ethics. It will also be of great benefit to academics and policy-makers involved in economic policies and ethics.Trade Review'This volume pulls together a remarkable collection of contributors designed to challenge the positive-normative dichotomy in economic methodology. . . The intent of this publication is to provide a reference manual for those seeking insights into the connections between economics and ethics. It succeeds in that goal and should become a starting point for anyone who believes that mainstream economics needs methodological reorientation. . . Anyone interested in ethics and economic methodology would do well to have this reference book handy. Highly recommended.' -- J. Halteman, Choice'This new Handbook of Economics and Ethics makes a substantial contribution as a wide-ranging up-to-date reference work, including original developments, on these two fundamentally interconnected fields. This contribution is particularly timely, given the increasing attention being paid to economics as a moral science. The Handbook contains seventy-five expert entries on subjects ranging from the history of economics and philosophy to conceptual analysis of ethics in various aspects of modern economics, while representing a diversity of views.' -- Sheila Dow, University of Stirling, UKTable of ContentsContents: Introduction 1. Altruism Jonathan Seglow 2. Thomas Aquinas Odd Langholm 3. Aristotle Ricardo Crespo 4. Jeremy Bentham Marco E.L. Guidi 5. Buddhist Economics Juliana Essen 6. Capability Approach Ingrid Robeyns 7. Catholic Social Thought Albino Barrera 8. Code of Ethics for Economists Robin L. Bartlett 9. Consumerism Peter N. Stearns 10. Corporate Social Responsibility Rhys Jenkins 11. Deontology Mark D. White 12. Dignity Mark D. White 13. Discrimination Deborah M. Figart 14. Economic Anthropology Jeffrey H. Cohen 15. Efficiency Irene van Staveren 16. Egoism John O’Neill 17. Epistemology Edward Fullbrook 18. Equity Bernard Hodgson 19. Ethics of Care Kari Wærness 20. Fact/Value Dichotomy Vivian Walsh 21. Fairness Tom De Herdt and Ben D’Exelle 22. Feminism Drucilla K. Barker and Darla Schumm 23. Freedom Nicolas Gravel 24. Game Theory Ken Binmore 25. Globalization George DeMartino 26. Global Financial Markets Gary A. Dymski and Celia Lessa Kerstenetzky 27. Happiness Luigino Bruni 28. Hedonism Johannes Hirata 29. Hinduism Narendar Pani 30. Homo Economicus Carlos Rodriguez-Sickert 31. Human Development Des Gasper 32. Humanism Mark A. Lutz 33. Identity John B. Davis 34. Income Distribution Rolph van de Hoeven 35. Individualism John B. Davis 36. Inequality Serge-Christophe Kolm 37. Institutions Anne Mayhew 38. Islam Rodney Wilson 39. Justice Serge-Christophe Kolm 40. Immanuel Kant Mark D. White 41. Labour Standards Günseli Berik 42. Market John O’Neill 43. Karl Marx Jack Amariglio and Yahya M. Madra 44. Minimum Wages Ellen Mutari 45. Needs and Agency Lawrence Hamilton 46. Needs and Well-being Des Gasper 47. Pluralism Esther-Mirjam Sent 48. Positive-Normative Distinction in British History of Economic Thought Samuel Weston 49. Positive versus Normative Economics Eric van de Laar and Jan Peil 50. Postmodernism David F. Ruccio 51. Poverty Andy Sumner 52. Prices Paul Downward 53. Protestant Ethics William Schweiker 54. Rationality Shaun P. Hargreaves Heap 55. John Rawls Hilde Bojer 56. Realism Andrew Mearman 57. Religion Robert H. Nelson 58. Rhetoric Arjo Klamer 59. Rights Stephen D. Parsons 60. Joan Robinson Prue Kerr 61. Scarcity Rutger Claassen 62. Self-interest Johan J. Graafland 63. Amartya Sen Sabina Alkire 64. Sin Samuel Cameron 65. Adam Smith Jan Peil 66. Social Capital John Field 67. Social Economics Mark A. Lutz 68. Solidarity Patrick J. Welch and Stuart D. Yoak 69. Sustainability J.B. (Hans) Opschoor 70. Teaching Economics Jonathan B. Wight 71. Trust Bart Nooteboom 72. Utilitarianism Johan J. Graafland 73. Thorstein Veblen William Waller 74. Virtue Ethics Irene van Staveren 75. Max Weber and the Protestant Work Ethic Pippa Norris and Ronald Inglehart Index

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Book SynopsisThe quest for moral leaders is both a personal quest that takes place in the hearts and minds of leaders and a pursuit by individuals, groups, organizations, communities and societies for leaders who are both ethical and effective. The contributors to this volume, all top scholars in leadership studies and ethics, provide a nuanced discussion of the complex ethical relationships that lie at the core of leadership.Two distinct factors make the ethics of leadership different from the ethics of other individuals. The first is power - the way leaders exercise it and the temptations that come with it. The second is the moral relationship they have with followers and the range of people with whom they have moral relationships and obligations. In The Quest for Moral Leaders, the contributors explore how leaders themselves view their role, as well as the ways in which leadership functions within business, politics and society. The volume begins with chapters examining how religious beliefs and emotions color the way leaders make decisions. The second section covers how leaders think about morality, while the book's final chapters shift our attention to the function of leadership within organizations.The first book to offer perspectives on leadership ethics from the ancient Greek ideas on reverence to the moral problems of executive compensation, The Quest for Moral Leaders is a must-read for scholars and students of leadership, ethics and business. Leadership consultants will also find this in-depth analysis a valuable resource.Trade Review'All of the authors, perhaps most notably Robert C. Solomon and Norman E. Bowie, are well-established academic scholars. All of the essays, including the introduction, are scholarly, well written, and easily digestible by undergraduate students. Highly recommended.' -- R.F. White, ChoiceTable of ContentsContents: Introduction Part I: The Hearts of Leaders: Virtues, Feelings, and Faith 1. The Shape of Freedom: Democratic Leadership in the Ancient World 2. Emotional Leadership, Emotional Integrity 3. Ethical Diversity and the Leader’s Religious Commitments Part II: The Minds of Leaders: Responsibility, Necessary Sin, and Fairness 4. Abuse, Privilege, and the Conditions of Responsibility for Leaders 5. ‘Oh Lord, Won’t You Buy Me a Mercedes-Benz’: How Compensation Practices are Undermining the Credibility of Executive Leaders 6. Dirty Hands, Necessary Sin, and the Ethics of Leaders Part III: The Body of Leadership: Moral Systems and Organizations 7. Fairness as Effectiveness: How Leaders Lead 8. That Which Governs Best: Leadership, Ethics and Human Systems 9. Expanding the Horizons of Leadership Index

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Book SynopsisThe Handbook of Economics and Ethics portrays an understanding of economic methodology in which facts and values, though distinct, are closely interconnected in a variety of ways. From theory building to data collection, and from modelling to policy evaluation, this encyclopaedic Handbook is at the intersection of economics and ethics.Irene van Staveren and Jan Peil bring together 75 unique and original papers to provide up-to-date insights on topics such as markets, globalization, human development, rationality, efficiency, and corporate social responsibility. The book presents contributions from an array of international scholars using methodological and theoretical approaches, and convincingly demonstrates the death of the positive/normative dichotomy that so long held economics in its grip.This invaluable resource will strongly appeal to students of economics and economic methodology, philosophy of science and ethics. It will also be of great benefit to academics and policy-makers involved in economic policies and ethics.Trade Review'This volume pulls together a remarkable collection of contributors designed to challenge the positive-normative dichotomy in economic methodology. . . The intent of this publication is to provide a reference manual for those seeking insights into the connections between economics and ethics. It succeeds in that goal and should become a starting point for anyone who believes that mainstream economics needs methodological reorientation. . . Anyone interested in ethics and economic methodology would do well to have this reference book handy. Highly recommended.' -- J. Halteman, Choice'This new Handbook of Economics and Ethics makes a substantial contribution as a wide-ranging up-to-date reference work, including original developments, on these two fundamentally interconnected fields. This contribution is particularly timely, given the increasing attention being paid to economics as a moral science. The Handbook contains seventy-five expert entries on subjects ranging from the history of economics and philosophy to conceptual analysis of ethics in various aspects of modern economics, while representing a diversity of views.' -- Sheila Dow, University of Stirling, UKTable of ContentsContents: Introduction 1. Altruism Jonathan Seglow 2. Thomas Aquinas Odd Langholm 3. Aristotle Ricardo Crespo 4. Jeremy Bentham Marco E.L. Guidi 5. Buddhist Economics Juliana Essen 6. Capability Approach Ingrid Robeyns 7. Catholic Social Thought Albino Barrera 8. Code of Ethics for Economists Robin L. Bartlett 9. Consumerism Peter N. Stearns 10. Corporate Social Responsibility Rhys Jenkins 11. Deontology Mark D. White 12. Dignity Mark D. White 13. Discrimination Deborah M. Figart 14. Economic Anthropology Jeffrey H. Cohen 15. Efficiency Irene van Staveren 16. Egoism John O’Neill 17. Epistemology Edward Fullbrook 18. Equity Bernard Hodgson 19. Ethics of Care Kari Wærness 20. Fact/Value Dichotomy Vivian Walsh 21. Fairness Tom De Herdt and Ben D’Exelle 22. Feminism Drucilla K. Barker and Darla Schumm 23. Freedom Nicolas Gravel 24. Game Theory Ken Binmore 25. Globalization George DeMartino 26. Global Financial Markets Gary A. Dymski and Celia Lessa Kerstenetzky 27. Happiness Luigino Bruni 28. Hedonism Johannes Hirata 29. Hinduism Narendar Pani 30. Homo Economicus Carlos Rodriguez-Sickert 31. Human Development Des Gasper 32. Humanism Mark A. Lutz 33. Identity John B. Davis 34. Income Distribution Rolph van de Hoeven 35. Individualism John B. Davis 36. Inequality Serge-Christophe Kolm 37. Institutions Anne Mayhew 38. Islam Rodney Wilson 39. Justice Serge-Christophe Kolm 40. Immanuel Kant Mark D. White 41. Labour Standards Günseli Berik 42. Market John O’Neill 43. Karl Marx Jack Amariglio and Yahya M. Madra 44. Minimum Wages Ellen Mutari 45. Needs and Agency Lawrence Hamilton 46. Needs and Well-being Des Gasper 47. Pluralism Esther-Mirjam Sent 48. Positive-Normative Distinction in British History of Economic Thought Samuel Weston 49. Positive versus Normative Economics Eric van de Laar and Jan Peil 50. Postmodernism David F. Ruccio 51. Poverty Andy Sumner 52. Prices Paul Downward 53. Protestant Ethics William Schweiker 54. Rationality Shaun P. Hargreaves Heap 55. John Rawls Hilde Bojer 56. Realism Andrew Mearman 57. Religion Robert H. Nelson 58. Rhetoric Arjo Klamer 59. Rights Stephen D. Parsons 60. Joan Robinson Prue Kerr 61. Scarcity Rutger Claassen 62. Self-interest Johan J. Graafland 63. Amartya Sen Sabina Alkire 64. Sin Samuel Cameron 65. Adam Smith Jan Peil 66. Social Capital John Field 67. Social Economics Mark A. Lutz 68. Solidarity Patrick J. Welch and Stuart D. Yoak 69. Sustainability J.B. (Hans) Opschoor 70. Teaching Economics Jonathan B. Wight 71. Trust Bart Nooteboom 72. Utilitarianism Johan J. Graafland 73. Thorstein Veblen William Waller 74. Virtue Ethics Irene van Staveren 75. Max Weber and the Protestant Work Ethic Pippa Norris and Ronald Inglehart Index

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Book SynopsisThis two volume set presents the key literature on the contending schools of justice which have dominated contemporary political philosophy. Justice in Political Philosophy focuses in particular on the wide range of positions and debates which have emerged since the publication of John Rawls's A Theory of Justice in 1971. Each view is presented through a representative selection of the major articles by both its proponents and critics. The schools covered include utilitarianism, liberal egalitarianism, libertarianism and their Marxist, communitarian and feminist critics. The authors represented include such influential figures as Rawls, Nozick, Dworkin, Cohen, Gauthier, Harsanyi, Barry, Sandel, MacIntyre, Gilligan and Mackinnon. The editor's introduction explores the interrelations between these diverse theories and shows how there are considerable convergences as well as disagreements in the contemporary debates over justice.Trade Review'Each volume has a clearly written and helpful introduction to the various argument and counter-arguments presented in more detail in the body of the work, and the collection will provide an excellent foundation text for a course on this subject at the advanced undergraduate or graduate level.' -- Theological Book ReviewTable of ContentsJustice in Political Philosophy by Will Kymlicka Mainstream Theories of Justice Part I UNITY AND DIVERSITY WITHIN THE MAIN APPROACHES TO JUSTICE 1. Ronald Dworkin (1983), ‘Comment on Narveson: In Defense of Equality.’ 2. James P. Sterba (1986), ‘Recent Work on Alternative Conceptions of Justice.’ Part III THE CRITIQUE OF UTILITARIANISM A Rawl's Critique 3. John Rawls (1972), ‘Classical Utilitarianism.’ B Rethinking Utilitarianism 4. R.M. Hare (1978), ‘Justice and Equality.’ 5. James Griffin (1984), ‘Towards a Substantive Theory of Rights.’ 6. Will Kymlicka (1988), ‘Rawls on Teleology and Deontology.’ 7. Ronald Dworkin (1985), ‘Rights: Trumphs over Utility.’ Part III LIBERAL EQUALITY A The Social Contract Argument 8. John Rawls (1972), ‘The Main Idea of the Theory of Justice’ and ‘The Original Position and Justification.’ 9. Jean Hampton (1980), ‘Contracts and Choices: Does Rawls have a Social Contract Theory?’ 10. Brian Barry (1973), ‘The Derivation of the Maximin Criterion.’ 11. T.M. Scanlon (1982), ‘Contractualism and Utilitarianism.’ B Fairness and Morally Arbitrary Inequalities 12. John Rawls (1972), ‘Two Principles of Justice.’ 13. Ronald Dworkin (1981), ‘What is Equality? Part 2: Equality of Resources.’ 14. Richard Arneson (1989), ‘Equality and Equal Opportunity for Welfare.’ 15. Joseph H. Carens (1985), ‘Compensatory Justice and Social Institutions.’ Part IV LIBERTARIANISM 16. Robert Nozick ( 1974), ‘Distributive Justice.’ 17. G.A. Cohen (1986), ‘Self-Ownership, World-Ownership and Equality.’ 18. G.A. Cohen (1986), ‘Self-Ownership, World-Ownership and Equality, Part II.’ 19. J.H. Bogart (1985), ‘Lockean Provisos and State of Nature Theories.’ 20. Susan Moller Okin (1989), ‘Libertarianism: Matriarchy, Slavery and Dystopia.’ B The Most Extensive Liberty 21. Charles Fried (1983), ‘Distributive Justice.’ 22. G A Cohen (1979), ‘Capitalism, Freedom and the Proletariat.’ 23. John Gray (1989), ‘Against Cohen on Proletarian Unfreedom.’ 24. Onora O'Neill (1980), ‘The Most Extensive Liberty.’ C Mutual Advantage Contractarianism 25. Gilbert Harman (1983), ‘Justice and Moral Bargaining.’ 26. David Gauthier (1986), ‘The initial Bargaining Position: Rights and the Proviso.’ 27. Gilbert Harman (1988), ‘Rationality in Agreement: A Commentary on Gauthier's Morals by Agreement.’ 28. Brian Barry (1989), ‘Justice and Motivation.’ 29. Allen Buchanan (1990), ‘Justice as Reciprocity versus Subject- Centred Justice.’ Volume II Critiques and Alternatives Part I MARXISM A The Critique of Justice 1. Allen Wood (1981), ‘Marx and Equality. 2. Steven Lukes (1985), Marxism and Morality. B Exploitation 3. Nancy Holmstrom (1977), ‘Exploitation.’ 4. G.A. Cohen (1990), ‘The Labour Theory of Value and the Concept of Exploitation.’ 5. Richard J. Arneson (1981), ‘What's Wrong with Exploitation?’ 6. John E. Roemer (1982), ‘Property Rights vs. Surplus Value in Marxian Exploitation.’ 7. Jeffrey Reiman (1987), ‘Exploitation, Force and the Moral Assessment of Capitalism: Thoughts on Roemer and Cohen.’ 8. G.A. Cohen (1990), ‘Marxism and Contemporary Political Philosophy, or: Why Nozick Exercises some Marxists more than he does any Egalitarian Liberals.’ C Alienation 9. Adina Schwartz (1982), ‘Meaningful Work.’ 10. Richard J. Arneson (1987), ‘Meaningful Work and Market Socialism.’ PART II COMMUNITARIANISM A The Critique of Justice 11. Michael J. Sandel (1982), Liberalism and the Limits of Justice, 28-35. 12. C. Edwin Baker (1985), ‘Sandel on Rawls: Justice as a Vice.’ B Justice and Shared Meanings 13. Michael Walzer (1983), ‘Complex Equality.’ 14. Joshua Cohen (1986), ‘Review of Spheres of Justice.’ C Justice and the Common Good 15. Charles Taylor (1985), ‘Atomism.’ 16. Allen E. Buchanan (1989), ‘Assessing the Communitarian Critique of Liberalism.’ 17. Michael Walzer (1990), ‘The Communitarian Critique of Liberalism.’ PART III FEMINISM A Sexual Discrimination 18. Catherine A. MacKinnon (1984), ‘Difference and Dominance: On Sex Discrimination.’ 19. Marilyn Frye (1983), ‘Sexism.’ B The Public-Private Distinction 20. Carole Pateman (1987), ‘Feminist Critiques of the Public/Private Dichotomy.’ 21. Deborah Kearns (1983), ‘A Theory of Justice – and Love; Rawls on the Family.’ 22. Will Kymlicka (1990), ‘The Public and the Private.’ C The Ethic of Care and the Critique of Justice 23. Carol Gilligan (1987), ‘Moral Orientation and Moral Development.’ 24. Joan C. Tronto (1987), ‘Beyond Gender Difference to a Theory of Care.’ 25. Susan Moller Okin (1989), ‘Reason and Feeling in Thinking about Justice.’ 26. Annette C. Baier (1987), ‘The Need for more than Justice.’

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