Profit-Seeking, Self-Interest, And Virtue | Finance and Philosophy
This is a commentary on: Munger, Michael C. and Russell, Daniel C. 2018. “Can Profit Seekers be Virtuous.” In The Routledge Companion to Business Ethics, eds. E. Heath, B. Kaldis, and A. Marcoux. N…
This is a commentary on: Munger, Michael C. and Russell, Daniel C. 2018. “Can Profit Seekers be Virtuous.” In The Routledge Companion to Business Ethics , eds. E. Heath, B. Kaldis, and A. Marcoux. New York, NY: Routledge. 113–130. Written by Santiago Mejia , Assistant Professor of Law and Ethics at Fordham University, New York. Abstract Michael Munger and Dan Russell lay out three conditions that are supposed to guarantee that a profit-seeker, even one who seeks extraordinary profits, can be virtuous. While their account provides a valuable starting point, it would be strengthened by recognizi
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