Re-evaluating the Realist Conception of War as a Business Metaphor

The state of war is a popular metaphor employed by many business writers seeking to explain the imperatives of strategic decision-making. It is a metaphor which draws on a “realist” characterisation of war as a Hobbesian state of nature devoid of a moral dimension. However, the work of Walzer (1977)...

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Main Author: MacFarlane, Bruce (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: 1999
In: Teaching business ethics
Year: 1999, Volume: 3, Issue: 1, Pages: 27-35
Further subjects:B Corporate Strategy
B Aristotlean ethics
B Whistleblowing
B war analogy
B Ethical Relativism
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