Why the Responsible Practice of Business Ethics Calls for a Due Regard for History

Typically people make ethical judgments with reference to unchanging principles, standards, rights, and values. This essay argues that such an ahistorical approach to ethics should be supplemented by a due regard for history. Invoking precedents by authors such as Jonsen and Toulmin, McIntyre, Niebu...

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Main Author: Bird, Frederick (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer Science + Business Media B. V 2009
In: Journal of business ethics
Year: 2009, Volume: 89, Issue: 2, Pages: 203-220
Further subjects:B Legacies
B Ethics
B contingencies
B historical possibilities
B conventions
B History
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