Can a Businessman be Moral?

M. R. Griffiths and J. R. Lucas

Chapter Chapter 13 in Ethical Economics, 1996, pp 206-219 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract Morality seems opposed to making a success of business, but it is not really so. There are moral arguments against worshipping money, and for some people it is right to give up riches, as it is for others to forgo other forms of worldly success, but, special cases and special considerations apart, it is better that people should flourish than that they should do without the good things of life. Arguments of morality are difficult to disentangle from arguments of enlightened self-interest, and seem even easier to ignore. They differ in not being limited in scope, and those who ignore them limit themselves in consequence.

Keywords: Business Ethic; Moral Consideration; Moral Argument; Personal Morality; Universal Morality (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1996
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DOI: 10.1057/9780230389953_13

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