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Thinking With Murray About The “War On Terror”, Thomas W. O'Brien
Thinking With Murray About The “War On Terror”, Thomas W. O'Brien
Thomas W O'Brien
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Reconsidering The Common Good In A Business Context, Thomas W. O'Brien
Reconsidering The Common Good In A Business Context, Thomas W. O'Brien
Thomas W O'Brien
In our contemporary post-modern context, it has become increasingly awkward to talk about a good that is shared by all. This is particularly true in the context of mammoth multi-national corporations operating in global markets. Nevertheless, it is precisely some of these same enormous, aggrandizing forces that have given rise to recent corporate scandals. These, in turn, raise questions about ethical systems that are focused too myopically on self-interest, or the interest of specific groups, locations or cultures. The obvious traditional alternative to moral bellybutton gazing is the common good, which challenges the modern business enterprise to realize non-instrumental values …