Editors:
- Offers thought-provoking discussions on the beneficial contributions of Christian Humanism
- Makes a consistent proposal for recovering Christian Humanism in economics and business
- Provides a rich treasure of Christian Humanism for humanizing economics and business
Part of the book series: Issues in Business Ethics (IBET, volume 43)
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Understanding Christian Humanism
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Front Matter
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Catholic Humanism and Economic Activity
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Front Matter
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Catholic Humanism in Business
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
This book offers different perspectives on Humanism as developed by Catholic Social Teaching, with a particular focus on its relevance in economics and business. The work is composed of three sections, covering what is meant by Christian Humanism, how it links with economic activity, and its practical relevance in the business world of today. It reviews the historical development of Christian Humanism and discusses the arguments which justify it in the current cultural context and how it contributes to human development. The book argues that the current recognition of human dignity and the existence of innate human rights are both ultimately rooted in Christian Humanism. It sets out the importance of the concept for economic activities, and how Christian Humanism can serve as a metaphysical foundation and ethical basis for a social market economy. Applying Christian Humanism to business leads to the centrality of the person in organizations and to seeing the company as a community of persons working together for the common good. Three thought-provoking case studies illustrate the wide-reaching positive impacts of applying Christian Humanism in the organization.
Keywords
- Business Enterprise from a Christian Humanism Perspective
- Business of Business is the Human Person
- Christian Humanism
- Christian Humanism Ethical Basis for a Social Market Economy
- Christian Humanism In Business
- Christian Humanism In Economic
- Christian Humanism and Economic Activity
- Christian Humanism in Cultural Context
- Christian Humanism within Economic Activity
- Christian Roots of Human Dignity
- Christian Social Thought
- Contribution of Christian Humanism to Development
- Economics and Business Ethics
- Historical Development of Modern Christian Humanism
- Innate Human Rights
- Italian Economia Aziendale as Inspired by Christian Humanism
- Modern Christian Humanism
- New Perspectives for Christian Humanism
- Philosophy of Business
Editors and Affiliations
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University of Navarra IESE Business School, Barcelona, Spain
Domènec Melé
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Markets, Culture and Ethics Research Center, Pontifical University of the Holy Cross, Rome, Italy
Martin Schlag
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Humanism in Economics and Business
Book Subtitle: Perspectives of the Catholic Social Tradition
Editors: Domènec Melé, Martin Schlag
Series Title: Issues in Business Ethics
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9704-7
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2015
Hardcover ISBN: 978-94-017-9703-0Published: 23 March 2015
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-024-0069-4Published: 09 October 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-94-017-9704-7Published: 25 February 2015
Series ISSN: 0925-6733
Series E-ISSN: 2215-1680
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 243
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 1 illustrations in colour
Topics: Ethics, Economic Theory/Quantitative Economics/Mathematical Methods, Philosophy of Religion