Ethics in the Marketplace

213.32

Bruce Duggan

Winter 2015

Environmentalism

“externalities” obligations• vs. rights

explicit implied

Stonewall Salts

sim

Stonewall Salts

Yvonne LoewenMarcel Loewen

Mike ReimerDebbie Reimer(former mayor)

MCCBotswana

Jake Reimer

Stonewall Salts

Lisa Taylor

Stonewall Community ChurchWitness Group

Environmentalists

The Quarries

Professional Manager

Environmentalism

arguments

for concern for indifference

egoist

utilitarian

rights

principles

Christian

Stonewall Salts

potential meetings & discussions the Witness Group the environmental group the Witness Group and the pastor the environmental group and Jake & Lisa the town council

• with or without Jake & Lisa the Witness Group and Jake & Lisa

• with or without the Pastor Jake & Lisa and Mike & Yvonne the provincial environmental review board going to the media others?

Options1. Processing somewhere else

$1 million capital costs $250,000/year operational

costs

2. Installing and maintaining catchment system to prevent ground seepage $450,000 capital $50,000/year operational

3. Covering slag heap with tarp to prevent dust becoming windborne $250,000 capital $25,000/year operational

4. Conducting research to see if salt is harmful to humans $200,000 over 5 years results at the end of 5 years

5. Processing salt waste & brine to remove bitterness $350,000 capital $30,000/year operational• brine would remain salty

6. Burying salt again after it’s processed $90,000/year operational

Did Jesus create these locally?

A Few Ideas

aligning obligations

phronimos

love

Aligning Obligations

company’s obligations are torn “reconciliation” your job

• find

• propose

• implement

A Few Ideas

aligning obligations

phronimos

love

Phronimos

a few ideas not a complete ethical system

starts with virtue ethics

Remember?

normative1. consequentialist

a. egoism

b. utilitarianism act-utilitarianism rule-utilitarianism

2. non-consequentialistc. Kantian

d. prima facie principles

e. moral rights

shouldresults motives

advocates of virtue ethics say theirs is a 3rd system character

Virtues

Plato wisdom courage temperance justice

1 Corinthians 13 faith hope charity

Aristotle magnificence generosity friendship sincerity self-respect

Virtues – Medieval Synthesis

cardinal virtues wisdom courage temperance justice

theological virtues faith hope charity

7 Heavenly Virtuescontrasted with

7 Deadly Sins

Virtues – Medieval Synthesis

Medieval theologian - Aquinas didn’t use Aristotle’s list but used Aristotle’s ideas

Virtues

Aristotle’s Ideas more than just a list

• virtues are means between related vices• all things (including people) have a purpose• virtues grounded in human nature

harmony rationality

• habits learning character

Virtue Ethics

Aristotle’s Ideas wisdom the central virtue

a specific kind of wisdom

• phronesis (noun) also spelt fronesis “practical wisdom”

• phronimoi (noun) a person who has mastered practical wisdom

• phronimos (adjective)

Virtue Ethics

Aristotle’s Ideas phronesis

• how behave ethically in the world leadership politics

• understanding what is: important fine necessary useful

• should be guiding principle of ruler “the philosopher king”

phronesis

AquinasAristotle Cicero

septuagint gospels

prudentia

prudence

-500 2000

“Bush”

phronesis & virtue ethics

enlightenment remnants David Hume

19th-century reconsideration Martin Heidigger

20th-century revival Hans-Georg Gadamer Elizabeth Anscombe

• 1958: “Modern Moral Philosophy”

Alasdair MacIntyre

Virtue Ethics

current ideas a set of rules only gets you so far consequences can’t always be calculated

advocates claim these merits• useful to develop ethics of leaders

• applicable to professional ethics

• provides role for mentors

• handles complexity will

• situational but not arbitrary

• works through conversation

sometimes lists

sometimes just phronesis

Virtue Ethics

critics say captive to cultural standards

• Whose list?

• How understood?

focused on elites time-consuming vague

• allows business leaders to escape external standards

another look at phronesis

Greek philosophical ideas often considered Biblical texts largely overlooked

phronesis in the Septuagint

crafty• Gen 3:

the serpent

judgment suitable for management

• Gen 41: Joseph’s ability that makes him—in the mind of Pharaoh—

suitable to manage all of Egypt in preparation for a coming drought

able to “see” where you’re headed• Deut 32:20:

God wants his people to be like this

time

Jesus’ phronesis

[Look,] I am sending you out like sheep among wolves. Therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.

NIV Matt 10:16

Jesus’ phronesis

[Look,] I am sending you out like sheep among wolves. Therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.

NIV Matt 10:16

peristera

lukosapostello probaton

ophis

idou

Jesus’ phronesis

[Look,] I am sending you out like sheep among wolves. Therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.

NIV Matt 10:16

akeraiosphronimos

peristera

lukosapostello probaton

ophis

idou

The Shrewd Servant

The Wise Servant

The Wise & Foolish Virgins

The Wise & Foolish Builders

Building a Tower or Fighting a War

phronimos in the parables

phronimos in the parables

The Shrewd Servant Luke 16

The Wise Servant

The Wise & Foolish Virgins

The Wise & Foolish Builders

Building a Tower or Fighting a War

The Shrewd Servant

The Wise Servant Mark 13 Matthew 24 Luke 12

The Wise & Foolish Virgins

The Wise & Foolish Builders

Building a Tower or Fighting a War

phronimos in the parables

The Shrewd Servant

The Wise Servant

The Wise & Foolish Virgins Matthew 25

The Wise & Foolish Builders

Building a Tower or Fighting a War

phronimos in the parables

phronimos in the parables

The Shrewd Servant

The Wise Servant

The Wise & Foolish Virgins

The Wise & Foolish Builders Matthew 7 Luke 6

Building a Tower or Fighting a War

phronimos in the parables

The Shrewd Servant

The Wise Servant

The Wise & Foolish Virgins

The Wise & Foolish Builders

Building a Tower or Fighting a War Luke 14

Jesus’ phronesis

available to all paired with purity

be alert see what’s not obvious plan ahead find solutions

A Few Ideas

aligning obligations

pronimos

love

“When I consider everything, what is the most loving action I could take in this situation?”

Final Exam

2 questions:1. Gloria the Celebrity Chicken & Burger King

http://www.cnbc.com/id/102508725

2. Your choice of either of these two cases:a) Closing the Deal

Jean McGuire, salesperson for Sunrise Land Developers

b) The Housing Allowance Wilson Mutambara, Barbara Weston & NewCom

cases

Subliminal Messages

Fight Over Redwoods

Rewrapping the Big Mac

Fordosaurus

Skateboard Scare