PHIL 322 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Injustice 2, Organizational Ethics, Political Philosophy

• School: University of Arizona
• Department: Philosophy Main
• Course: PHIL 322
• Professor: ALL

Document Summary

Moral philosophy provides a starting point and method for coming to reasoned judgments. Moral philosophy simply ignores (at least) two central features of organizations, their purposes and their power. Purposes and objectives unrelate political philosophy and organizations. Purpose and power - why moral philosophy doesn"t work. Ethical theory for business organizations requires 1) the societal place of organizations, (2) their internal workings, and (3) the real impact of group life and organizational forces on individuals. The principle of stakeholder fairness describes how the voluntary actions of organizational actors create the more extensive rights and obligations assumed on a thicker politico-moral theory. Aims determine what people see as the features of a situation demanding action. Aims enable agents to construct, evaluate, and revise their views of a problematic situation. That the existence of aims is among the important features of organizations that distinguish them from nation-states.