The transactional ethic: The ethical foundations of free enterprise reconsidered
A review of the evolution of the ethical foundations of free enterprise reveals the essentially utilitarian ethical foundation prevailing today. To enrich those foundations the article attempts to establish the ethical validity of free transactions by relating them to the basic principle of interper...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Springer Science + Business Media B. V
1988
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| In: |
Journal of business ethics
Year: 1988, Volume: 7, Issue: 7, Pages: 545-551 |
| Further subjects: | B
Economic Context
B Ethical Foundation B Basic Principle B Golden Rule B Economic Growth |
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| Summary: | A review of the evolution of the ethical foundations of free enterprise reveals the essentially utilitarian ethical foundation prevailing today. To enrich those foundations the article attempts to establish the ethical validity of free transactions by relating them to the basic principle of interpersonal ethics: the Golden Rule. The validity of the transactional ethic is presented as an articulation of freedom in a valid social and economic context. |
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| ISSN: | 1573-0697 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of business ethics
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1007/BF00382602 |