- 著者
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脇 拓也
- 出版者
- 日本経営学会
- 雑誌
- 日本経営学会誌 (ISSN:18820271)
- 巻号頁・発行日
- vol.48, pp.58-71, 2021 (Released:2022-12-16)
- 参考文献数
- 27
Based on the premise that humans are bounded ethical beings, Bazerman (M.H. Bazerman) and Tenbrunsel (A.E. Tenbrunsel) posit that “ethical blind spots” and “ethical breakdown” occur. Both these concepts are important, and useful, when analyzing corporate scandals. However, there are several issues regarding how to respond to the ethical issues proposed by Bazerman and Tenbrunsel. To solve these problems, this paper analyzes the two-level utilitarianism based on preference utilitarianism, also known as preferentialism, as posited by Hare (R.M. Hare) and further informed by Popper's (K.R. Popper) critical rationalism. Thus, it is necessary to make the behavioral ethics developed by Bazerman and Tenbrunsel a more logical and consistent theory. This was achieved by solving ethical problems, that occur because of the bounded nature of human ethics, through the hierarchical viewpoint of Hare, and then is further informed by Popper's critical rationalism. The purpose of this paper then, is to clarify this research. First, after considering the “ethical blind spots” and “ethical breakdown” as posited by Bazerman and Tenbrunsel based on humanity's ethically bounded nature, the problems in their theories are highlighted. Then, it was explained that to solve this problem, the two-level utilitarianism theory based on preference utilitarianism by Hare would be necessary for addressing the ethical problems that were presented. However, when the problems with his theory were considered, Popper's critical rationalism was applied to improve Hare's theory. Finally, it became possible to address ethical problems such as “ethical blind spots” and “ethical breakdown” brought about by the bonded nature of human ethics.