Business Ethics, Business & Economics in Literature
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Overview
The essays gathered in The Moral Imagination: How Literature and Films Can Stimulate Ethical Reflection in the Business World show how, through literature, art, and film, society might learn to develop a sense of moral imagination. Cultivating the imagination through art, literature, and film illuminates our understanding of what it means to be human. By having a genuine sense of self, one can expand an impoverished moral vision and open the way for the greatness of heart that is needed to guide us through an ethical life in business. The focus on moral images in business ethics is credited, in part, to Aristotle. Some of these essays can be seen as arguing for a retrieval of the Aristotelian insight on ethics for the business ethics of our time. Ethics in this perspective is not primarily concerned with analyzing situations so that we can make correct decisions but rather with reflecting on what is constitutive of the good life. The fostering of this philosophical tradition can bring a crucial corrective to the way business ethics is practiced today.Editorials
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After an introduction describing the challenge of envisioning the good life, 13 contributions make reference to various films and works of literature in their discussion of business ethics. Among the contributors are academics<-->in English, philosophy, and theology<--> and others involved with the study of ethics and the impact of a liberal education. No index. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.Book Details
Published
April 28, 1998
Publisher
Notre Dame, Ind. : University of Notre Dame Press, c1997.
Pages
210
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780268014346