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Marmara Üniversitesi Fall Term 13/14 Management Philosophy Lec.: Prof. Aslı Küçükaslan Ekmekçi

Charmaine Stoffer Manuel Hohmann

THE PHILOSOPHIES OF WEBER AND KANT

An Ethical Analization for Managers

The Trolley-Problem

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‚Abortion and the Doctrine of the Double Effect‘, Phillipa Foot

Shall I pull the lever?

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Outline

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A: Kant 1.  Kant`s Life 2.  The Conception of the Good (GMM) 3.  Kant for Managers B: Weber 1.  Weber`s Life 2.  Theory of Weber 3.  Comparison of Weber and Kant

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Immanuel Kant´s Life

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1724 1740 1755 1755 1781 1785 1804

Birth in Königsberg, Prussia, Germany Studies of Mathematics and Philosophy Associate Professor for Philosophy, Mathematics and Education Kant-Laplace-Theory Critique of Pure Reason Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals Death in Königsberg

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Kant´s 4 Fields of Philosophy

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Metaphysics

What do I know?

Moral

What shall I do?

Religion

What can I hope?

Anthropology

What is the person?

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Foundations

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Sapere aude Critique of Pure Reason

Initial Point of Enlightenment: dare to be wise

Metaphysical Basis

Groundwork of the Metaphysic of Moral

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Specific Practical Ethics

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The Good Will

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GMM 1, I. Kant, 1785

„Nothing can possibly be conceived in the world, or even out of it, which can be called (morally) good, without qualification, except a good will.“

Reason

Moral Worth

Good Will

Senses

Respect

Moral Laws

Actions done from Duty

Good vs. Bad Dispostions

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Categorical Imparative

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Translated by James W. Ellington (1993)

„Act only according to that maxim...