What is the root cause of ethical failure? Why is preoccupation
with ethics more a part of the problem than a part of the solution?
What makes ethical conduct a natural expression of who we are? What
enables us to be ourselves in our relations with others?
Ethical failure has become a significant concern in public life,
in organizations and in educational institutions. "The Capacity for
Ethical Conduct" explores how qualities of character and
personality either make ethical conduct possible for the individual
or foster ethical failure.
David Levine discusses how ethical conduct is a special way of
relating to others, one that secures respect for their integrity by
assuring that what they do can express who they are. He argues that
this special way of relating to others results not from knowledge
of, or a stated commitment to, rules, norms and values, but from
the way we experience ourselves, especially from our ability to
make a positive emotional investment in being and having a self.
Traditionally, emphasis on the importance of values and ethics in
shaping conduct tends to be connected to the need to find fault in
self and others, fostering an atmosphere where the self is put at
risk in its relations to others. This means that an excessive
emphasis on ethics, rather than assuring ethical conduct, tends
instead to create interpersonal settings marked by emotional
assault. Because of this, talk about ethics often expresses
ambivalence about ethical conduct, which makes the familiar
combination of preoccupation with ethics and ethical failure
unsurprising."
The Capacity for Ethical Conduct" explores the ways in which the
interpersonal world of work either fosters a feeling of safety or
encourages various forms of emotional assault. Presenting case
studes and applying psychoanalytic object relation theory and self
psychology, this book explores the factors underlying ethical
failure and the capacity for ethical conduct. It will be of
interest to scholars and practioners in the fields of
psychoanalysis, psychology, philosophy, sociology, organizational
dynamics, management and public administration.
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