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The German Enlightenment & the teaching of business ethicsin China
Dr Robert ShawGraduate School of BusinessGuangdong University of Foreign Studies
28 March 2013
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Agenda1. Business ethics as the development of
skills
2. The skills of business ethics
3. Kant & the German Enlightenment
4. Kant & China
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Abstract
Although he died over two-hundred years ago, the Prussian philosopher Immanuel Kant is still pivotal in business ethics courses globally. His works on ethics - tracts which consider the moral imperative, universal laws, concepts of freedom, moral autonomy, and the use of reason - are indelibly a part of the foundations of modern Western ethics. Consequently, students grapple with Kantian ideas and apply them to business cases.
Kant was involved in the development of modern science and he was the first to seriously address the relationship between science and moral decision-making. The presentation argues there is congruence between the German Enlightenment and modern China which reflects in the ethical reasoning of Kant and the people of China.
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1. Business ethics as the development of skills
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CurriculumWhat you teach
Confused thinking about
Knowledge / understanding / skills
Theory / practice
How you learn skills
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CurriculumWhat you teach
The nature of skills
Cognitive (thinking) skillsRationality
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2. The skills of business ethics
The theory of ethics (which you apply to business situations)
Classical Greek theory
Aristotle’s theory (virtue ethics)
Deontology
Utilitarianism
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Cognitive skills
SituationProvides the cases &
issues
TheoryWestern ethicsChinese ethics
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3. Kant & the German Enlightenment
Deontology
Difficult for students
Some leading premisesThe importance of the
WillMoral autonomy (compare heteronomy)The ethics of duty
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Immanuel Kant
Born 1724
Died 1804
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The German Enlightenment
1784
Rationality
Enlightened public
Freedom
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Immanuel Kant
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4. Kant & China
Community
Authority
Education system
Systems of employment
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