Religious Business Ethics as Interpretation: A Jewish Perspective |
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Authors: | Moses L Pava |
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Institution: | (1) Alvin Einbender Chair in Business Ethics, Sy Syms School of Business, Yeshiva University, New York, NY, 10033, U.S.A. |
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Abstract: | This paper examines the method of Jewish business ethics. MichaelWalzer, in his work, Interpretation and Social Criticism (1987), suggeststhree common and important approaches to moral philosophy. He labels thesethe path of discovery, the path of invention, and the path ofinterpretation. The first part of this paper argues that Jewish businessethics is best thought of in terms of interpretation. Without question, thereligious ethicist immediately recognizes Walzer s metaphor of the moralworld as a home occupied by a single family over many generations... as his own. Ethical arguments from a Jewish perspective must of necessityhave a lived-in quality and always make reference to and are based on the memory-laden objects and artifacts. The second part of the paper exploressome of the implications of Jewish business ethics as interpretation. |
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Keywords: | business ethics Jewish religious community transformation |
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