Business as a calling: work and the examined life
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New York [u.a.]
Free Press
1996
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| Beschreibung: | X, 246 S. |
| ISBN: | 0684827484 |
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| adam_text | Contents
Introduction 1
PLENTY ISN T ENOUGH 1
Bored with Making Money 5
Tine Anti Business Skeptics 7
Three Specific Objections 20
A Glance Ahead 13
Chapter One
WHAT IS A CALLING? 17
Callings 18
Four Characteristics ot a Calling 14
Can a Calling Remain Tacit? 36
Can a Calling Be Entirely Secular? 37
Meteorites Across the Sky 39
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viii CONTENTS
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Chapter Two
LITTLE KNOWN FACTS ABOUT BUSINESS 41
An Overview 42
The Most Religious Elites 43
Today Most Religious People Work in Business 46
Morality and Us 48
The Only Moral Majority: Sinners 51
Chapter Three
A MORALLY SERIOUS CALLING 54
Andrew Carnegie, Wealth Creator 58
The Moral Case for the System qua System 64
Sinners in the System 68
Wrong About Capitalism 72
Chapter Four
FOR THE POOR AND FOR DEMOCRACY 78
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One Cheer Is Quite Enough 79
But What Is Capitalism ? 79
Capitalism Is Better for the Poor 84
A Necessary Condition for Democracy 87
A Necessary Condition for Capitalism 88
Capitalism Reduces Envy 90
The Tyranny of a Majority 92
Natural Liberty—Political and Economic 93
Moral Vigilance 95
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Chapter Eight
BUSINESS AND HUMAN RIGHTS 160
The Transnational Firm 166
Morality Has Costs 168
Chapter Nine
MAKING THINGS BETTER 176
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The Bad Side of Downsizing 177
New Ideas for Labor Unions 182
Organizing to Help the Homeless 184
Solidarity with the World s Poor 186
Chapter Ten
GIVING IT ALL AWAY 198
Carnegie s Strategy 194
In Giving, Be Vigilant: Caveat Donor! 199
The Glory of the Nation 204
Endnotes 207
Bibliography 227
Acknowledgments 235
Index 239
CONTENTS ix
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Chapter Five
VIRTUE IN THE MODERN CITY 96
Virtue in the Ancient City 98
Passions and Reason 101
Reflection and Choice 103
Practical Wisdom and Other Virtues ID
A Modern Culture of Virtue? 108
Our Incurious Elites 113
Business Depends on Virtue 115
Chapter Six
THREE CARDINAL TRTUES OF BUSINESS 117
The Virtue of Creativity 119
The Virtue of Building Community 125
The Virtue of Practical Realism 128
And Don t Forget the Fun of It! 132
Chapter Seven
SEVEN PLUS SEWN
CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITIES IU
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Mediating Structures, Civil Society 155
Seven Internal Responsibilities 158
Seven Responsibilities from Outside Business 145
Special Business Codes 155
A Moral Institution / 58
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