Zeitschrift für Wirtschafts- und Unternehmensethik

Glücksforschung Und Das Gute Leben?

Wirtschaftsphilosophie: Zur Neuorientierung Einer Forschungsrichtung

Was Ist Geld?

Money is one of the most mysterious cultural inventions at all. Far from being a mere means of exchange, it is at the same time a carrier of power, which can be precisely distributed in monetary economies only, instead of violent struggle and bloodsheds in traditional societies. Money looses human ties, but widens at the same time efficient freedom of every individual. It is not a special sort of goods, as gold or silver was, but sublimates gradually to fiduciary money up to electronic accoun...

Erklären, Aufdecken Und Orientieren: Zu Den Aufgaben Der Wirtschaftsethik

Wirtschaftsethik als kritische Sozialwissenschaft, by Alexander Brink and Olaf J Schumann, is reviewed.

Naturschutz Und Freiheit: Die Entwicklungspolitische Wirtschaftsethik von A. Sen Als Orientierung Normativer Umweltökonomik

Institut Für Gesellschaftspolitik an Der Hochschule Für Philosophie in München

Editorial

Wirtschaftsphilosophie - Die Erweiterte Perspektive

The philosophical thoughts on economics in Germany have been restricted to business ethics so far. The consequence has been that there have been developed certain positions, whose claims are well defined and were defended against each other; but for several years there has not been any remarkable progress, since everybody hoped to convince all the other combatants, but nobody has surrendered so far. That is why it is proposed here to broaden the perspective beyond the limits of ethics into ep...

Happiness Research*: Contributions to Economic Ethics1

Empirical happiness research has been gaining wide acknowledgement recently and offers a promising new access to the question how choice and happiness relate to each other. Since this is a central question to both ethics and economics, it seems worthwhile to investigate what this perspective can contribute to economic ethics. The pragmatic approach and the ideological permissiveness of the argument developed here might alienate moral philosophers. Yet, when economic ethics is understood as ha...

Demokratische Legitimation von Marktarrangements: Auf Dem Weg Zu Einer Wirtschaftsethik Als Politische Ethik*

This paper applies the perspective of political ethics to business ethics. It is argued that the concept of democratic legitimacy has much appeal for the evaluation of economic arrangements.

Eine Wirtschaftsethik Für Den Rheinischen Kapitalismus?

Wirtschaftsethik, by Thomas Bartscher and Eduard Gaugler, is reviewed.

Business Ethics: Between Normativism, Illusion and Responsibility

Ethics in the Economy. Handbook of Business Ethics, edited by Laszlo Zsolnai, is reviewed.

Projektbeispiel: 'Public-Private-Partnership' - Zur Sozialen Verantwortung Deutscher Unternehmen

'Von Welchen Kapital Lebt Unsere Gesellschaft?' Erste Tagung Des Forums Interkulturelles Zusammenleben (Ludwigshafener Gespräche) Am 4./5. November 2004