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Preface | |
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The Moral and Political Framework of Business | |
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Introduction: Markets and Business | |
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Economic Systems and the Market | |
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Evaluating the Market | |
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The Readings | |
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How the West Grew Rich: The Economic Transformation of the Industrial World | |
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The Market | |
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The Ethical Limitations of the Market | |
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The Nature of Business | |
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For Further Reading | |
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Justice | |
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Justice: Introductory Considerations | |
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The Idea of Justice | |
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Recent Challenges | |
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The Readings | |
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The Principles of a Liberal Social Order | |
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A Theory of Justice | |
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The Entitlement Theory | |
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A Moral Case for Socialism | |
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For Further Reading | |
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Regulation | |
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Regulation: The Background | |
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Economic Regulation | |
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The Readings | |
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On the Rationale of Governmental Regulation | |
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Paradoxes of the Regulatory State | |
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Is There a Bias Toward Overregulation? | |
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The Limits of Business Self-Regulation | |
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For Further Reading | |
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The Moral Conditions of Commerce | |
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The Relation Between the Descriptive and the Normative | |
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A Moral Basis for Commerce? | |
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Moral Conditions as Causal Conditions | |
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The Readings | |
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The Grumbling Hive | |
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Asceticism and the Spirit of Capitalism | |
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The Market Order and Abstract Rules | |
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A Dialogue on the Moral Foundations of Commerce | |
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For Further Reading | |
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Ethical Theory | |
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Ethical Theory | |
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Ethical Relativism and Moral Differences | |
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Normative Ethical Theories: An Overview | |
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The Readings | |
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Nicomachean Ethics | |
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Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysic of Morals | |
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What Utilitarianism Is | |
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For Further Reading | |
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Vice and Virtue in the Conduct of Business | |
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Character and Commerce | |
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General Considerations | |
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Virtue and Society | |
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Virtues, Roles, and Rules | |
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The Readings | |
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Business Qualities | |
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An Aristotelian Approach to Business Ethics | |
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Bourgeois Virtue | |
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Selfishness | |
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The Readings | |
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Atlas Shrugged | |
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Business and the Economic Nexus | |
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Prudence | |
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The Readings | |
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Of Prudence | |
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Prudence | |
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Generosity | |
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The Readings | |
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Liberality | |
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Dimensions of Generosity | |
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Manners | |
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The Readings | |
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Appearing Respectful: The Moral Significance of Manners | |
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Why Do It? Because That's What We Do: Manners in the Ruins of Community | |
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For Further Reading | |
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Honesty and Integrity in Business | |
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Honesty | |
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The Readings | |
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Of Honesty and Veracity in Dealing | |
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Truthfulness, Deceit, and Trust | |
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Is Business Bluffing Ethical? | |
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Sales and Advertising | |
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The Readings | |
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Character and Caliber in Salesmanship | |
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A Moral Evaluation of Sales Practices | |
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Advertising | |
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Advertising and Behavior Control | |
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Integrity, Loyalty, and Whistleblowing | |
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The Readings | |
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Integrity | |
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Loyalty | |
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Whistleblowing and Employee Loyalty | |
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Whistleblowing: Professionalism, Personal Life, and Shared Responsibility | |
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For Further Reading | |
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Responsibility, Action, and the Conduct of Business | |
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Individual Responsibility | |
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The Readings | |
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"I Only Work Here": Mediation and Responsibility | |
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Role Obligations | |
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Corporate Responsibility | |
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The Readings | |
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The Social Responsibility of Business Is to Increase Its Profits | |
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A Stakeholder Theory of the Modern Corporation | |
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The Ethics of Rent-Seeking? A New Perspective on Corporate Social Responsibility | |
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Industry, Work, and Ambition | |
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The Readings | |
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The Way to Wealth | |
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Why Work? | |
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Of the Origin of Ambition | |
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Courage, Entrepreneurship, and Profit | |
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The Readings | |
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Courage | |
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The Entrepreneur | |
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Why Profits Are Deserved | |
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Entrepreneurs, Profits, and Deserving Market Shares | |
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Freedom of Contract and Affirmative Action | |
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The Readings | |
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Employer and Employee Rights in an Institutional Context | |
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In Defense of Unbridled Freedom of Contract | |
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Moral Perspectives on Affirmative Action | |
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The Moral Status of Affirmative Action | |
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For Further Reading | |
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The Consequences of Commerce | |
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The Moral Effects of Commerce | |
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The Market as Cause | |
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Positive and Negative Effects | |
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Political Effects of Markets | |
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Historical Perspective on Moral Effects | |
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Alternative Explanations | |
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The Readings | |
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Of Laws in Relation to Commerce | |
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Of Refinement in the Arts | |
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Manifesto of the Communist Party | |
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The Cultural Contradictions of Capitalism | |
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The Prevalence of War and The Loose Individual | |
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For Further Reading | |
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Economic Growth, Progress, and Culture | |
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Progress and Economic Growth | |
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Doubts about Progress | |
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Culture and Consumerism | |
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The Readings | |
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A Philosophical Review of the Successive Advances of the Human Mind | |
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Whatever Happened to Progress? | |
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The Metropolis and Mental Life | |
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The Consumer Society | |
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A Framework for Utopia | |
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For Further Reading | |
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Commerce and the Arts | |
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What Is Art? | |
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Divergent Claims | |
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Art, Business, and the State | |
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The Readings | |
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Art and Capitalism | |
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A Mirror for Artists | |
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Masscult and Midcult | |
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The Arts in a Market Economy | |
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For Further Reading | |
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Business, Technology, and Environmental Ethics | |
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Western Attitudes to Nature | |
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Modern Science and Technology | |
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Kinds of Environmentalism | |
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Markets and the Environment | |
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Protecting the Environment | |
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The Readings | |
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Technology and Wisdom | |
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What Use? The World of Gadgets | |
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Business and Environmental Ethics | |
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The Economic Common Sense of Pollution | |
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Can the Supply of Natural Resources Be Infinite? | |
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For Further Reading | |
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Credits | |
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Index | |