Practice, Reason, and the Good: Human Nature and MacIntyrean Business Ethics
研究了麦金太尔后期著作中的人性理论对其商业伦理研究的三点启示，包括更好支撑实践作为工作组织关键道德要求、区分有序生产实践与其他商业活动、以及处理更广泛的商业伦理问题。
MacIntyrean business ethics research has focused on the concept of a practice, drawn primarily from After Virtue. MacIntyre later emphasized the need to adopt an account of human nature to provide a better grounding for his earlier social teleology. We consider three implications of incorporating the neo-Aristotelian and Thomistic account of human nature outlined in MacIntyre’s later works for MacIntyrean business ethics research: First, this account enables the MacIntyrean perspective to better ground its focus on practices as a key moral requirement for the organization of work. Second, it provides a better basis for distinguishing productive practices in good order from other business activities lacking the characteristics of a practice. Third, a theory incorporating an account of human nature, particularly MacIntyre’s notion of natural law, is better able to address broader questions in business ethics that are not directly concerned with the structure of work.