企业伦理学（原书第5版） 课件 第3章　哲学伦理与商业.pptx

ChapterThree:PhilosophicalEthicsandBusinessCopyright?2021McGraw-HillEducation.Allrightsreserved.NoreproductionordistributionwithoutthepriorwrittenconsentofMcGraw-HillEducation.

ChapterObjectives1Afterreadingthischapter,youwillbeableto:Explaintheethicalframeworkofutilitarianism.Describehowutilitarianthinkingunderlieseconomicandbusinessdecisionmaking.Explainhowthefreemarketisthoughttoservetheutilitariangoalofmaximizingtheoverallgood.Explainsomechallengestoutilitariandecisionmaking.Explaintheprinciple-based,orrights-based,frameworkofethics.

ChapterObjectives2Explaintheconceptofhumanrightsandhowtheyarerelevanttobusiness.Distinguishmoralrightsfromlegalrights.Explainseveralchallengestoprinciple-basedethics.Describeandexplainvirtue-basedframeworkforthinkingaboutethicalcharacter.

PhilosophicalEthicsandBusiness1Theunexaminedlifeisnotworthliving.Socrates,Apology,Plato’sAccountoftheTrialofSocrates(TranslatedbyBenjaminJowett)

EthicalFrameworks1Anethicalframeworkisnothingmorethananattempttoprovideasystematicanswertothefundamentalethicalquestion.Howshouldhumanbeingslivetheirlives?Ethicsattemptstoanswerthequestionofhowweshouldlive,butitalsogivesreasonstosupporttheanswers.

EthicalFrameworks2Anyonecanofferprescriptionsforwhatyoushoulddoandhowyoushouldact,butaphilosophicalandreasonedethicsmustanswerthewhy?questionaswell.Whymattersbecausewithoutofferingreasons,oneisgivinganopinion.Whymattersbecausesuperficialagreementcanmaskunderlyingdisagreement.Manypeopleattempttoanswer“why”inreligiousterms,butreligionsdifferfromculturetoculture.Philosophicalethicsprovidesjustificationsapplicabletoallpeopleregardlessoftheirreligiousstartingpoints.

EthicalFrameworksEthicsisnotcomprisedofasingleprincipleorframework.Ethicalframeworksthatha