A Scientific Approach to Ethics

Developing Greater Respect for Ethics in Business and Society
Softcover Nachdruck of the original 1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-3-319-88715-9
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 147 Seiten, Previously published in hardcover, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm, Gewicht: 221 g

This book suggests that normative ethics should be developed as a social science, and that this will improve its reputation in business and society. Storchevoy defines four criteria of a good scientific method (clear definitions, correct logic, empirical verification, accurate measurement) and demonstrates how normative ethics can make use of them. He provides a historical review of the methodological evolution of normative ethics and outlines how it was moving in a nonlinear way towards this scientific development by the 16 century. A Scientific Approachto Ethics challenges the reputation of ethics among many within business and business schools as unscientific and argues that it can come to be seen as a scientific discipline able to reveal universal moral truth.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Storchevoy, Maxim

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Angewandte Ethik & Soziale Verantwortung Wirtschaftsethik, Unternehmensethik
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Unternehmensorganisation, Corporate Responsibility Unternehmensethik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1 Why Science? What Science?.- 2 A Scientific Approach to Normative Ethics.- 3 Evolutionary Model of Man.- 4 Normative Ethics Before the Twentieth Century.- 5 Moore, Vienna Circle and Meta-Ethics.- 6 Contractualism and Rational Choice.- 7 Other Approaches

Über Autor(innen)

Maxim Storchevoy is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Strategic and International Management at the Graduate School of Management, St. Petersburg University, Russia. He has a background in economics and teaches Business Ethics and Contract Theory for Managers. In 2016, he became a founding director of the Russian Business Ethics Network, a chapter of the European Business Ethics Network (EBEN).