Module 2 - Ethics from Antiquity to the Present
Introduction
Figure 2.1 Their accuracy and practical use in the marketplace made scales, held aloft he...
2.1 The Concept of Ethical Business in Ancient Athens
LEARNING OBJECTIVES By the end of this section, you will be able to: Identify the r...
2.2 Ethical Advice for Nobles and Civil Servants in Ancient China
LEARNING OBJECTIVES By the end of this section, you will be able to: Identify the key...
2.3 Comparing the Virtue Ethics of East and West
LEARNING OBJECTIVES By the end of this section, you will be able to: Compare the orig...
2.4 Utilitarianism: The Greatest Good for the Greatest Number
LEARNING OBJECTIVES By the end of this section, you will be able to: Identify the pri...
2.5 Deontology: Ethics as Duty
LEARNING OBJECTIVES By the end of this section, you will be able to: Explain Immanuel...
2.6 A Theory of Justice
LEARNING OBJECTIVES By the end of this section, you will be able to: Evaluate John Ra...
Key Terms
categorical imperative Kant’s unconditional precept that we must “act only according to that m...
Summary
2.1 The Concept of Ethical Business in Ancient Athens The role of ethics in Athens during Gree...
Assessment Questions
1. Which of the following is not an intellectual virtue according to Aristotle? ...
Endnotes
1. Alfred North Whitehead, Process and Reality. An Essay in Cosmology. Gifford Lect...