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FORMALISM
their content.
▹ Ethical formalism is "considered as an
absolutist system” – Pollock, 2004.
IMMANUEL KANT
▹ 18th century
▹ Believed that ethics was 4
▹ Greek metaphysics
▹ Plato (c. 430--347 B.C.) argued 5
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FORMALISM
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ACTIONS 18
How formalism
raises ethical
questions for
businesses
How formalism raises
ethical questions for
businesses
product quality
Then you have to
be okay with a
buyer/ supplier
lying to you
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Formalism is still a
fresh source for
business ethics
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THE SOCIAL CONTRACT
THEORY
▹ John Rawls
■ To construct a just society, 22
one must consider life’s
inequalities
▹ Focuses on agreement
THE SOCIAL CONTRACT
THEORY