A Scientific Approach to Ethics, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2018 Developing Greater Respect for Ethics in Business and Society

This book suggests that normative ethics should be developed as a social science, and that this will improve its reputation in business and society. Storchevoy defines four criteria of a good scientific method (clear definitions, correct logic, empirical verification, accurate measurement) and demonstrates how normative ethics can make use of them. He provides a historical review of the methodological evolution of normative ethics and outlines how it was moving in a nonlinear way towards this scientific development by the 16^th century. A Scientific Approachto Ethics challenges the reputation of ethics among many within business and business schools as unscientific and argues that it can come to be seen as a scientific discipline able to reveal universal moral truth.

2 A Scientific Approach to Normative Ethics

3 Evolutionary Model of Man

4 Normative Ethics Before the Twentieth Century

5 Moore, Vienna Circle, and Meta-Ethics

6 Contractarianism and Rational Choice

7 Other Approaches

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Outlines a new approach to develop business ethics as a truly scientific discipline

Provides a genuine cross-over between philosophy and business management

Argues that a scientific normative ethics will see increased respect among business students