The Essence of Business Ethics

By Peter Pratley

CHAPTER 2 

”The social philosophies of Marxism and Catholicism are good examples of this (Unitarian) view. Marxism projects solidarity values in the Communist utopia of a classless society, without recognizing that large segments of modern society have become disconnected from the moral community. Thus Marxism is not able to cope well with the difference in principles between moral community and the functional spheres. When Marxist morals and political values are applies in practice, the end result is the perversion of both realms.”

The Unitarian view generalizes the society and does not recognize the uniqueness of them. The Catholic Church stunts the modernism of the people by being too judgmental of the abilities of its people. I think that every one of us has our own distinct characteristics. We should be given the chance to practice on what we are good at.

CHAPTER 3 

“The first constituent states that action results from a personal choice or deliberate will. Mentally healthy people are capable of saying ‘I choose to do X’. So, man has the ability to choose for himself, ability for free choice. “

The choices are just bear out of what they really think what they decide what to do here and now. There must be a systematic study and sufficient in progression that would support a choice. Because choices are not exclusively dependent on mere experiences, it appreciates and foresees the potential that can be the outcome of these choices. Depending on the present state, individuals base the choice on what can happen in the future.

CHAPTER 5

“When they had to hunt a deer, everybody was well aware that he had to stick to his assigned task; but when a hare turned up in front of one of them, one must not doubt that he would chase it without any scruples, and that after catching prey, he did not care about his mates missing the bigger one.-Rousseau”

The deer is similar to a member of a board of an organization who has his own agenda. Non-conformists to the original rule are how they can be called and these people help in the weakening of the whole company. It is obviously unfair to the rest of the group and while the others are working so well, there is one or few members who are just free riders and do not even care about how they affect their co-workers.