The Virtues of Equality and Dissensus: MacIntyre in a Dialogue with Rancière and Mouffe

Autor: Caleb Bernacchio, Robert B. Couch
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Journal of Business Ethics. 164:633-642
ISSN: 1573-0697
0167-4544
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-019-04400-8
Popis: Research in business ethics has largely ignored questions of equality and dissensus, raised by theorists of radical democracy. Alasdair MacIntyre, whose work has been very influential in business ethics, has developed a novel approach to virtue ethics rooted in both Aristotelian practical philosophy and a Marxian appreciation of radical democracy. In this paper, we bring MacIntyre into conversation with Jacques Ranciere and Chantal Mouffe and argue the following: first, MacIntyre’s work has significant similarities with Ranciere and Mouffe, thus suggesting that MacIntyrean business ethics has the potential to address the concerns of radical democrats; second, the MacIntyrean business ethics literature has not adequately incorporated the aspects of Macntyre’s work addressing concerns regarding equality and dissensus and future work should pay more attention to these concerns.
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