Integrative Economic Ethics

An analysis of foundational issues concerning the relationship between ethics and the market economy.

Auteur

Peter Ulrich is Full Professor of Economic and Business Ethics and Director of the Institute for Business Ethics at the University of St Gallen, Switzerland.

Résumé
A highly original work that progresses through a series of rational and philosophical arguments to address foundational issues concerning the relationship between ethics and the market economy. It will be of interest to all scholars and advanced students of business ethics, economics, and social and political philosophy.

Contenu
List of figures; Preface; Translator's note; Introduction: orientation in economic-ethical thinking; Part I. Fundamental Concepts of Modern Ethics and the Approach of Integrative Economic Ethics: 1. The phenomenon of human morality: the normative logic of interpersonal relations; 2. The moral point of view: philosophical developmental lines of rational ethics; 3. Morality and economic rationality: integrative economic ethics as the rational ethics of economic activity; Part II. Reflections on the Foundations of Economic Ethics I: A Critique of Economism: 4. 'Inherent necessity' of competition? A critique of economic determinism; 5. 'Morality' of the market? A critique of economic reductionism; Part III. Reflections on the Foundations of Economic Ethics II: Rational Economic Activity and the Lifeworld: 6. The question of meaning: economic activity and the good life; 7. The question of legitimation: economic activity and the just social life; Part IV. A Topology of Economic Ethics: The 'Sites' of Morality in Economic Life: 8. Economic citizens' ethics; 9. Regulatory ethics; 10. Corporate ethics; Bibliography; Indexes.