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The German Enlightenment & the teaching of business ethics in China

The German Enlightenment & the teaching of business ethics in China. Dr Robert Shaw Graduate School of Business Guangdong University of Foreign Studies. 28 March 2013. Agenda. Business ethics as the development of skills The skills of business ethics Kant & the German Enlightenment

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The German Enlightenment & the teaching of business ethics in China

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  1. The German Enlightenment & the teaching of business ethicsin China Dr Robert ShawGraduate School of Business Guangdong University of Foreign Studies 28 March 2013

  2. Agenda • Business ethics as the development of skills • The skills of business ethics • Kant & the German Enlightenment • Kant & China

  3. 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.

  4. 1. Business ethics as the development of skills

  5. CurriculumWhat you teach Confused thinking about Knowledge / understanding / skills Theory / practice How you learn skills

  6. CurriculumWhat you teach The nature of skills Cognitive (thinking) skills Rationality

  7. 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

  8. Cognitive skills SituationProvides the cases & issues TheoryWestern ethicsChinese ethics

  9. 3. Kant & the German Enlightenment Deontology Difficult for students Some leading premises The importance of the Will Moral autonomy (compare heteronomy) The ethics of duty

  10. Immanuel Kant Born 1724 Died 1804

  11. The German Enlightenment 1784 Rationality Enlightened public Freedom

  12. Immanuel Kant

  13. 4. Kant & China Community Authority Education system Systems of employment

  14. Thank you

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