A modest goal in this post: to clarify the moral and political options. First, whose moral responsibility is it? That is, who, as a matter of choice, should assume this responsibility? Position 1: It is my responsibility to provide them for myself. (Individualism) Position 2: My employer should be responsible for providing them. (Workplace Paternalism) […]
Who should pay for my contraceptives? Three positions Read More »
… or the frustratingly-complicated English language, depending on your mood. Here’s the example: Discussing the minimum wage issue with some students, I found myself saying, “With a minimum wage, employers will have to pay more than they would have had to have paid in a free market.” Snip: “… they would have had to have
The magnificent English language — subjunctive version Read More »
At the CEE site, a collection of five extended interviews (and one forthcoming) with leading entrepreneurs in Latin America covering the business areas of construction, agriculture, logistics, education, aluminum, and oil and gas.
Latin American entrepreneurship: five Kaizen interviews Read More »
The Polish translation of Nietzsche and the Nazis was published by the Fundacji Fuhrmanna (Fuhrmann Foundation, 2014) as Nietzsche i naziści, moje spojrzenia. Here, in English, is the Preface to the Polish edition. Preface to the Polish translation Friedrich Nietzsche — has any other thinker exerted so much influence after his death? One measure of
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More information here about political truth in advertising, as I think of it. A list of signatories is here.
Today is Liberalism Day Read More »
A Persian translation of Explaining Postmodernism was published in Tehran in 2013. I recently learned that another edition is available, one that knew nothing about. How fun — a bootleg version of my book circulating in Iran. If anyone has information about the translator, the publisher, or the quality of this edition, please let me
Bootleg version of Explaining Postmodernism in Iran? Read More »
My essay, “O que a ética empresarial pode aprender com o empreendedorismo?” is now also posted at the Junior Achievement Brazil site. Also posted in Portuguese here, in the original English as “What Business Ethics Can Learn from Entrepreneurship” [pdf], in Serbo-Croatian translation, Spanish translation, and audio edition in MP3 format and YouTube.
My Rockford University colleague Shawn Klein, a.k.a. the Sports Ethicist, is planning an edited volume of essays on sport. The working title is Defining Sport: Contemporary Explorations. Here is the Call for Abstracts for the book proposal.
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