The Ethical Organisation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19947713 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Robert Campbell (0000-0003-1921-444X), Alan Kitson |
| Year | 2008 |
| Pages | 3-29 |
| Publication date | 2008-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | BOOK |
| Venue | The Ethical Organisation (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Macmillan Education UK (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1007/978-1-349-92200-0 |
| OpenAlex | W615841543 |
| Open Library | OL10560341M |
| ISBN | 9781349922000 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 2 |
People, with very few exceptions,1 are moral agents. In other words, their actions are governed by rules, explicit or implicit, which can be subjected to ethical appraisal. We may praise them for being courageous, charitable, just, sensitive, or magnanimous, or we may condemn their foolishness, envy or deviousness. We may neither praise nor blame, but wonder whether they were not fully responsible for what they did. Perhaps they were coerced or pressured or, perhaps, just did not know what they were doing. This language of moral evaluation does not only apply to adult human beings, but that is its primary and most typical use. Children may be selfish or act unfairly, but we accept that they only gradually acquire full moral responsibility for their actions. Animals, too, may be courageous or altruistic, but we may suspect a degree of anthropomorphism in extending moral language too far in their direction. The moral status of animals is a matter of debate, but no one thinks butterflies can have or lack charity or that jackdaws are dishonest. The rest of the world lies outside the moral realm altogether, except, perhaps, for our moral responsibilities towards it. Rocks and stones and trees do not have moral responsibilities
Blame · Criminology · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Moral authority · Moral disengagement · Moral responsibility · Political science · Praise · Prima facie · Realm · Suspect · Wonder · Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting · Ethics in Business and Education · Law · Philosophy · Psychology · Religion, Ecology, and Ethics · Social Psychology · Business · Business & Economics · Business Ethics · Economics · Finance · Management · Management - General · Organizational behavior · Organizational Behavior In Business · Professional ethics
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,08 |
| Citation span | 2013 - 2013 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |