Humanistic Ethics in the Age of Globality

Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Introduction....Pages 1-14
Front Matter....Pages 15-15
Socrates and Plato – Applying Their Humanistic Views to Modern Business....Pages 17-31
Aristotle’s Economic Ethics....Pages 32-48
Stoic Humanism....Pages 49-59
Thomas Aquinas on Business and the Fulfillment of Human Needs....Pages 60-75
Front Matter....Pages 77-77
Kant’s Humanist Ethics....Pages 79-93
Humanistic Values in German Idealism....Pages 94-117
Marx and Humanism....Pages 118-136
John Stuart Mill and the Idea of a Stationary State Economy....Pages 137-147
Front Matter....Pages 149-149
Habermas and His Communicative Perspective....Pages 151-168
Sen and Nussbaum on Human Capabilities in Business....Pages 169-186
Solomon on the Role of Virtue Ethics in Business....Pages 187-209
Wittgenstein and the Challenge of Global Ethics....Pages 210-222
Front Matter....Pages 223-223
Humanistic Values in Indian and Chinese Traditions....Pages 225-245
“African Humanism” and a Case Study from the Swahili Coast....Pages 246-265
Conclusions....Pages 266-292
Back Matter....Pages 293-301