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How to Be Profitable and Moral
A Rational Egoist Approach to Business
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2011
Summary
A basic dilemma confronting today’s manager is how to be both profitable and moral. Making profits through immoral means—such as deceiving investors or customers—is unsustainable. Likewise, remaining moral while losing money will cause a business to fail. According to conventional morality, either a business manager maximizes profits and necessarily compromises on ethics, or necessarily sacrifices profits in order to be moral. Woiceshyn explains why this is a false dichotomy and offers rational egoism as an alternative moral code to businesspeople who want to maximize profits ethically. Through logical argument and various examples, this book shows how to apply principles such as rationality, productiveness, honesty, justice, and pride for long-term self-interest.
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Copyright year
2011
ISBN-Print
978-0-7618-5699-3
ISBN-Online
978-0-7618-5700-6
Publisher
Hamilton Books, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
154
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Acknowledgments No access
Chapter One. Introduction: How to Be Profitable and Moral No access Pages 1 - 13
Chapter Two. Values as End Goals, Principles as Road Maps No access Pages 14 - 23
Chapter Three. Why Egoism? No access Pages 24 - 32
Chapter Four. Rationality as the Primary Virtue No access Pages 33 - 45
Chapter Five. Productiveness No access Pages 46 - 56
Chapter Six. Honesty No access Pages 57 - 68
Chapter Seven. Justice No access Pages 69 - 80
Chapter Eight. Independence No access Pages 81 - 89
Chapter Nine. Integrity No access Pages 90 - 101
Chapter Ten. Pride No access Pages 102 - 110
Chapter Eleven. Common Misconceptions about Egoism No access Pages 111 - 121
Chapter Twelve. The Social Context of Business: Capitalism, Rights, Government and the Current Reality No access Pages 122 - 132
Chapter Thirteen. How to Pursue Rational Self-Interest in a Mixed Economy No access Pages 133 - 142
