Aesthetics and Business Ethics

Ludwig Wittgenstein famously said, “Ethics is aesthetics.” It is unclear what such a claim might mean and whether it is true. This book explores contentious issues arising at the interface of ethics and aesthetics. The contributions reflect on the status of aesthetic en ethical judgments, the relati...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Koehn, Daryl (Editor), Elm, Dawn (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
Series:Issues in Business Ethics, 41
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Online Access:Full Text via HEAL-Link
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Summary:Ludwig Wittgenstein famously said, “Ethics is aesthetics.” It is unclear what such a claim might mean and whether it is true. This book explores contentious issues arising at the interface of ethics and aesthetics. The contributions reflect on the status of aesthetic en ethical judgments, the relation of aesthetic beauty and ethical goodness and art and character development. The book further considers the potential role art could play in ethical analysis and in the classroom and explores in what respects aesthetics and ethics might be intertwined and even mutually supportive.
Physical Description:IX, 159 p. 9 illus., 8 illus. in color. online resource.
ISBN:9789400770706
ISSN:0925-6733 ;