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The German Enlightenment & the teaching of business ethics in China Dr Robert Shaw Graduate School of Business Guangdong University of Foreign Studies 28 March 2013 6 Agenda 1. Business ethics as the development of skills 2. The skills of business ethics 3. Kant & the German Enlightenment 4. Kant & China Abstract 7 Although he died over two-hundred years ago, the Prussian philosopher Immanuel Kant is still pivotal in business ethics courses globally. His works on ethics - tracts which consider the moral imperative, universal laws, concepts of freedom, moral autonomy, and the use of reason - are indelibly a part of the foundations of modern Western ethics. Consequently, students grapple with Kantian ideas and apply them to business cases. Kant was involved in the development of modern science and he was the first to seriously address the relationship between science and moral decision-making. The presentation argues there is congruence between the German Enlightenment and modern China which reflects in the ethical reasoning of Kant and the people of China. 8 1. Business ethics as the development of skills 9 Curriculum What you teach Confused thinking about Knowledge / understanding / skills Theory / practice How you learn skills 10 Curriculum What you teach The nature of skills Cognitive (thinking) skills Rationality 11 2. The skills of business ethics The theory of ethics (which you apply to business situations) Classical Greek theory Aristotle’s theory (virtue ethics) Deontology Utilitarianism 12 Cognitive skills Situation Provides the cases & issues Theory Western ethics Chinese ethics 13 3. Kant & the German Enlightenment Deontology Difficult for students Some leading premises The importance of the Will Moral autonomy (compare heteronomy) The ethics of duty 14 Immanuel Kant Born 1724 Died 1804 15 The German Enlightenment 1784 Rationality Enlightened public Freedom 16 Immanuel Kant 17 18 19 4. Kant & China Community Authority Education system Systems of employment Thank you
