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Philosophy of Power

Philosophy of Power. Ronald F. White, Ph.D. Professor of Philosophy College of Mount St. Joseph. Introduction. Organizations Leaders Followers Ends or Goals- Means or Strategies- WHY BE GOOD? What is a good leader? What is a good follower? What is a good end? What is a “good means”

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Philosophy of Power

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  1. Philosophy of Power Ronald F. White, Ph.D. Professor of Philosophy College of Mount St. Joseph

  2. Introduction • Organizations • Leaders • Followers • Ends or Goals- • Means or Strategies- • WHY BE GOOD? • What is a good leader? • What is a good follower? • What is a good end? • What is a “good means” • Ethics and Organizations: Two Traditions • Idealism: Knowledge-Based • (Plato, Aristotle, Judeo-Christian, Kant) • Realism: Power-Based • (Sun Tsu, Thrasymachus, Hobbes, Machiavelli)

  3. Idealism • Plato • Socrates v. Thrasymachus • Gyges Ring • “The Republic” • Virtues: Temperance, Honor, Wisdom, Justice • Judeo-Christian • Divine Command • Kantianism • The Categorical Imperative • Common Features of Idealism • Knowledge-Based • Descriptions and Prescriptions Deducted from Abstract Principles • Virtue-Based and Deontological Systems • Methodological Pluralism “Is” and “Ought” • an optimistic assessment of human nature (Cooperation, Rationality and Free Will) • Infinite Malleability of Organizations (Nurture Trumps Nature) • Malleability of Leaders and Followers

  4. Realism • Sun Tsu, The Art of War (6th century B.C.) • Thrasymachus • Machiavelli • The Prince • (1517) • The Art of War • Philosophy (Utilitarianism) • Human Nature • The State • Leadership and efficiency • Thomas Hobbes • Leviathan (1651) • Reason v. Revelation • Politics as War • Social Contract • Rights-Based Leadership • Leadership-Absolutism • Common Features • Power-Based (Knowledge/Power) • Skills (Virtu) vs.Knowledge • Inductive-Trial and error

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