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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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Springer Science + Business Media B. V
2009
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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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