A Scientific Approach to Ethics, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2018
Developing Greater Respect for Ethics in Business and Society

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This book suggests that normative ethics should be developed as a social science, and that this will improve its reputation in business and society. Storchevoy defines four criteria of a good scientific method (clear definitions, correct logic, empirical verification, accurate measurement) and demonstrates how normative ethics can make use of them. He provides a historical review of the methodological evolution of normative ethics and outlines how it was moving in a nonlinear way towards this scientific development by the 16th century. A Scientific Approachto Ethics challenges the reputation of ethics among many within business and business schools as unscientific and argues that it can come to be seen as a scientific discipline able to reveal universal moral truth.

1 Why Science? What Science?

2 A Scientific Approach to Normative Ethics

3 Evolutionary Model of Man

4 Normative Ethics Before the Twentieth Century

5 Moore, Vienna Circle, and Meta-Ethics

6 Contractarianism and Rational Choice

7 Other Approaches

Index 

Maxim Storchevoy is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Strategic and International Management at the Graduate School of Management, St. Petersburg University, Russia. He has a background in economics and teaches Business Ethics and Contract Theory for Managers. In 2016, he became a founding director of the Russian Business Ethics Network, a chapter of the European Business Ethics Network (EBEN).

Outlines a new approach to develop business ethics as a truly scientific discipline

Provides a genuine cross-over between philosophy and business management

Argues that a scientific normative ethics will see increased respect among business students