RT Article
T1 Moral fictions and scientific management
JF Journal of business ethics
VO 3
IS 4
SP 279
OP 285
A1 Santilli, Paul
LA English
YR 1984
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1785595423
AB This paper examines Alasdair MacIntyre's argument in After Virtue that corporate managers do not have the rational expertise in social control which they have used to justify their position in modern society. In particular, it is claimed that managerial science by taking an emotivist view, putting ends and values beyond the reach of sound rational judgment, has made human relationships matters of manipulation and undermined its own moral legitimacy. The question is advanced as to whether managers must operate from emotivist premises or whether they can truly understand and thus truly manage human affairs by rational reflection about human purpose, value, and intention.
K1 Managerial Science
K1 Modern Society
K1 Social Control
K1 Economic Growth
K1 Reflection
DO 10.1007/BF00381749