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IMMANUEL KANT JEREMY

& JOHN STUART
BENTHAM MILL
PHILOSOPHIES
INFLUENCING OUR
BUSINESS PRACTICES
BUSINESS ETHICS AND SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
THE CLASSICAL PHILOSOPHERS AND
PHILOSOPHIES AND THEIR
IMPLICATIONS ON BUSINESS
PRACTICES
SOCRATES (469–399
BCE)
“THE GAD–FLY AT THE
MARKETPLACE”

Socrates is one of the few individuals

whom one could say have and shaped the
cultural and intellectual development of
the world for without him, history would
be profound differently.
 THE SOCRATE’S
PHILOSOPHICAL IDEA:

“THE UNEXAMINED LIFE

IS NOT WORTH LIVING”
SOCRATES THOUGHT OF THE
ENTREPRENEURS

• The Socratic Method

• Socrates insisted on a right to think of ourselves
by introducing the philosophical concept, “Dare to
Disagree.”
 PLATO
“THE PHILOSPHER KING”
Plato is one of the world’s best known and
most widely read and studied philosophers. He
was the student of Socrates and the teacher of
Aristotle. He wrote in the middle of the 4th
Century BCE in ancient Greece.
 THE PLATO’S
PHILOSOPHICAL IDEA:

“GOOD PEOPLE DO NOT NEED LAWS TO

TELL THEM TO ACT RESPONSIBLY,
WHILE BAD PEOPLE WILL FIND A WAY
AROUND THE LAWS.”
• Plato maintains a virtue-based eudemonistic
conception of ethics. That is to say, happiness
or well-being (eudaimonia) is the highest aim
of moral thought and conduct, and the virtues
(aretê: excellence) are the requisite skills and
dispositions needed to attain it.
ARISTOTLE
(384–322 BCE)
“ALL OR NOTHING”

Aristotle is a towering figure in ancient

Greek philosophy, contributing to logic,
metaphysics, mathematics, physics,
biology, ethics, politics, agriculture,
medicine, dance, and theater.
 THESE ARE SOME OF ARISTOTLE’S
PHILOSOPHICAL IDEAS:

“HAPPINESS IS THE MEANING AND THE

PURPOSE OF LIFE, THE WHOLE AIM, AND
END OF HUMAN EXISTENCE.”

“LET PEOPLE SEEK

FULFILLMENT.”
• The word happiness in ethics is a
translation of the Greek term “eudaimonia”
which connotes success and fulfillment.
Aristotle, this happiness is our highest goal.
In relation to business, Aristotle concludes
that the role of the leader is to create an
environment in which all members of an
organization can realize their potential.
IMMANUEL KANT
(1724–1804)
“DUTY BASED ETHICS”

He is one of the most influential

philosophers in the history of Western
Philosophy. He was not concerned with the
consequences of one’s actions or the harm
caused to one’s individual interests.
• For example, business ethics is
littered with cases of companies that
have suffered damaging crises due to
their leaders’ lack of commitment to act
based on goodwill and about what
benefits others
JEREMY JOHN STUART
BENTHAM MILL
 UTILITARIANISM
• Utilitarianism is a philosophy or belief suggesting that an
action is morally right when the majority of people benefit
from it. Utilitarianism is a moral theory that advocates actions
that promote overall happiness or pleasure and reject actions
that cause unhappiness or harm. A utilitarian philosophy, when
directed to making social, economic, or political decisions,
aims for the betterment of society.
 Summary
• !Give the Philosophers and their
contributions in business practices.

• What is Utilitarianism?
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BE: GROUP III