Moral Blindness

Author : Zygmunt Bauman
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 074566962X
Total Pages : 187 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Moral Blindness written by Zygmunt Bauman and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2013-04-24 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Evil is not confined to war or to circumstances in which people are acting under extreme duress. Today it more frequently reveals itself in the everyday insensitivity to the suffering of others, in the inability or refusal to understand them and in the casual turning away of one’s ethical gaze. Evil and moral blindness lurk in what we take as normality and in the triviality and banality of everyday life, and not just in the abnormal and exceptional cases. The distinctive kind of moral blindness that characterizes our societies is brilliantly analysed by Zygmunt Bauman and Leonidas Donskis through the concept of adiaphora: the placing of certain acts or categories of human beings outside of the universe of moral obligations and evaluations. Adiaphora implies an attitude of indifference to what is happening in the world – a moral numbness. In a life where rhythms are dictated by ratings wars and box-office returns, where people are preoccupied with the latest gadgets and forms of gossip, in our ‘hurried life’ where attention rarely has time to settle on any issue of importance, we are at serious risk of losing our sensitivity to the plight of the other. Only celebrities or media stars can expect to be noticed in a society stuffed with sensational, valueless information. This probing inquiry into the fate of our moral sensibilities will be of great interest to anyone concerned with the most profound changes that are silently shaping the lives of everyone in our contemporary liquid-modern world.

Author : Max H. Bazerman
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691156220
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Blind Spots written by Max H. Bazerman and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2012-12-23 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When confronted with an ethical dilemma, most of us like to think we would stand up for our principles. But we are not as ethical as we think we are. In Blind Spots, leading business ethicists Max Bazerman and Ann Tenbrunsel examine the ways we overestimate our ability to do what is right and how we act unethically without meaning to. From the collapse of Enron and corruption in the tobacco industry, to sales of the defective Ford Pinto, the downfall of Bernard Madoff, and the Challenger space shuttle disaster, the authors investigate the nature of ethical failures in the business world and beyond, and illustrate how we can become more ethical, bridging the gap between who we are and who we want to be. Explaining why traditional approaches to ethics don't work, the book considers how blind spots like ethical fading--the removal of ethics from the decision--making process--have led to tragedies and scandals such as the Challenger space shuttle disaster, steroid use in Major League Baseball, the crash in the financial markets, and the energy crisis. The authors demonstrate how ethical standards shift, how we neglect to notice and act on the unethical behavior of others, and how compliance initiatives can actually promote unethical behavior. They argue that scandals will continue to emerge unless such approaches take into account the psychology of individuals faced with ethical dilemmas. Distinguishing our "should self" (the person who knows what is correct) from our "want self" (the person who ends up making decisions), the authors point out ethical sinkholes that create questionable actions. Suggesting innovative individual and group tactics for improving human judgment, Blind Spots shows us how to secure a place for ethics in our workplaces, institutions, and daily lives.

Author : Øyvind Kvalnes
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3030151913
Total Pages : 143 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Moral Reasoning at Work written by Øyvind Kvalnes and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-04-10 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is open access under a CC-BY license. Moral dilemmas are a pervasive feature of working life. Moral Reasoning at Work offers a fresh perspective on how to live with them using ethics and moral psychology research. It argues that decision-makers must go beyond compliance and traditional approaches to ethics to prepare for moral dilemmas. The second edition has been updated with a range of examples from the author’s more recent research, to reflect current issues affecting organizations in the digital age. With two new chapters on artificial intelligence and social media, this new edition provides an up-to-date overview of ethical challenges in organizations.

Author : Benjamin De Mesel
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319976192
Total Pages : 186 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Later Wittgenstein and Moral Philosophy written by Benjamin De Mesel and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-09-07 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book shows that Ludwig Wittgenstein’s later philosophical methods can be fruitfully applied to several problems in contemporary moral philosophy. The author considers Wittgenstein’s ethical views and addresses such topics as meta-ethics, objectivity in ethics and moral perception. Readers will gain an insight into how Wittgenstein thought about philosophical problems and a new way of looking at moral questions. The book consists of three parts. In the first part, Wittgenstein’s later philosophical methods are discussed, including his comparison of philosophical methods to therapies. The book then goes on to explore how these methods give insight into Wittgenstein’s ethical views. Readers will see how these are better understood when read in the light of his later philosophical thought. In the third part, Wittgenstein’s later methods are applied to problems in contemporary moral philosophy, including a look at questions for moral advice. The author reviews and criticizes some of the secondary literature on Wittgenstein’s later philosophical methods and indicates how the topic of the book can be developed in future research. There is something of value for readers of all levels in this insightful and well written volume. It will particularly appeal to scholars and students of Wittgenstein, of philosophy, and of ethics.

Author : Martin Cajthaml
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 0813232503
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Moral Philosophy of Dietrich Von Hildebrand written by Martin Cajthaml and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book lays out and examines three central aspects of the moral philosophy of Dietrich von Hildebrand: his notions of value, value response, and value blindness. This discussion is supplemented by analysis of the relationship between happiness and morality in von Hildebrand. Martin Cajthaml is the main author of the book; Vlastimil Vohánka contributed most of chapter 5"--

Author : Cal Thomas
Publisher : Zondervan Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9780310238362
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Blinded by Might written by Cal Thomas and published by Zondervan Publishing Company. This book was released on 2000 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Comments on the defeat of Gary Hart and Alan Keyes in the presidential campaign, and re-examines the failure of the Moral Majority and Christian Coalition after two decades of political maneuvering.

Author : J. Jeremy Wisnewski
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1443802905
Total Pages : 142 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Moral Perception (also available as Review Journal of Political Philosophy Volume 5) written by J. Jeremy Wisnewski and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2008-12-18 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This journal has been discontinued. Any issues are available to purchase separately.

Author : Jacob Dahl Rendtorff
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030488578
Total Pages : 315 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Moral Blindness in Business written by Jacob Dahl Rendtorff and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-08-03 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, Jacob Dahl Rendtorff investigates moral blindness in business and public administration based on Hannah Arendt’s concept of banality of evil in her famous report on the Nazi-criminal Adolf Eichmann trail in Jerusalem in 1961. Moral blindness and evil in management is instrumental wrongdoing inflicted upon human beings as a violation of their dignity and humanity. Organizational evil in business, bureaucracies and public administration is analysed with focus on obedience to authority and systemic role conformity of managers and administrators. This includes the critical question about how concepts of banality of evil and moral blindness can explain ethical insensibility and lack of moral understanding in business and administration. Rendtorff proposes a humanistic vision of management and ethical leadership. Moral thinking, responsibility and moral judgment is essential in management and governance in business and administration. This book is a must-read for academics and practitioners studying and working in philosophy of management, business ethics, political philosophy, administration ethics and corporate social responsibility.

Author : Margaret Heffernan
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0802777953
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Willful Blindness written by Margaret Heffernan and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2011-03-01 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “With deft prose and page after page of keen insights, Heffernan shows why we close our eyes to facts that threaten our families, our livelihood, and our self-image--and, even better, she points the way out of the darkness.” --Daniel H. Pink In the tradition of Malcolm Gladwell and Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Margaret Heffernan's Willful Blindness is a tour de force on human behavior that will open your eyes. Why, after every major accident and blunder, do we look back and say, How could we have been so blind? Why do some people see what others don't? And how can we change? Drawing on studies by psychologists and neuroscientists, and from interviews with business leaders, whistleblowers, and white collar criminals, distinguished businesswoman and writer Margaret Heffernan examines the phenomenon of willful blindness, exploring the reasons that individuals and groups are blind to impending personal tragedies, corporate collapses, engineering failures-even crimes against humanity. We turn a blind eye in order to feel safe, to avoid conflict, to reduce anxiety, and to protect prestige. But greater understanding leads to solutions, and Heffernan shows how-by challenging our biases, encouraging debate, discouraging conformity, and not backing away from difficult or complicated problems-we can be more mindful of what's going on around us and be proactive instead of reactive.

Author : Om Books Editorial Team
Publisher : Om Books International
ISBN 13 : 9385252283
Total Pages : 16 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Blind Man With a Lamp : Moral Stories written by Om Books Editorial Team and published by Om Books International. This book was released on with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three men notice a blind man carrying a bright lamp at night. Amused at the sight, they mock him. But the blind manÍs reply leaves them ashamed. LetÍs find out why!