Pope Francis on Conscience, Gradualness, and Discernment: Adapting Amoris Laetitia for Business Ethics
Experience often manifests a gap between moral principles that are both rationally defensible and widely accepted, and the actual practice of business. In this article, I adapt Pope Francis’s discussion of conscience, gradualness, and discernment, in Amoris Laetitia, for the philosophical context of...
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| Tipo di documento: | Elettronico Articolo |
| Lingua: | Inglese |
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2019
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Business ethics quarterly
Anno: 2019, Volume: 29, Fascicolo: 4, Pagine: 437-460 |
| Altre parole chiave: | B
Amoris Laetitia
B Pope Francis B Practical Wisdom B Discernment B Conscience B Moral Agency |
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| Riepilogo: | Experience often manifests a gap between moral principles that are both rationally defensible and widely accepted, and the actual practice of business. In this article, I adapt Pope Francis’s discussion of conscience, gradualness, and discernment, in Amoris Laetitia, for the philosophical context of business ethics in order to better conceptualize and to identify means of narrowing the gap between objective moral principles and business practice. Specifically, right conscience allows for a better understanding of the scope and boundary conditions of moral principles, gradualness highlights the need to identify ways that moral principles can be properly implemented within organizations, and discernment draws attention to the importance of solidarity, in order to avoid one-sided, self-serving action descriptions. In these ways, Francis’s discussion contributes to the narrowing of the gap between objective moral principles and business practice. I conclude by discussing ways that Francis’s framework can inform business ethics courses. |
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| ISSN: | 2153-3326 |
| Comprende: | Enthalten in: Business ethics quarterly
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/beq.2019.15 |
