Book contents
- Moral Imagination in the Twenty-first Century
- Moral Imagination in the Twenty-first Century
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Why Do Good People and Great Organizations Do Bad Things?
- 3 Social Constructivism and the Very Idea of a Conceptual Scheme
- 4 The Rashomon Effect
- 5 Moral Imagination
- 6 Moral Reasoning and Moral Imagination
- 7 Systems Thinking, Process Philosophy, and Moral Imagination
- 8 Next Stages
- 9 Moral Imagination in Technological Development
- References
- Index
2 - Why Do Good People and Great Organizations Do Bad Things?
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 30 October 2025
Book contents
- Moral Imagination in the Twenty-first Century
- Moral Imagination in the Twenty-first Century
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Why Do Good People and Great Organizations Do Bad Things?
- 3 Social Constructivism and the Very Idea of a Conceptual Scheme
- 4 The Rashomon Effect
- 5 Moral Imagination
- 6 Moral Reasoning and Moral Imagination
- 7 Systems Thinking, Process Philosophy, and Moral Imagination
- 8 Next Stages
- 9 Moral Imagination in Technological Development
- References
- Index
Summary
This chapter opens with a discussion of the Boeing Company and the 737 MAX safety testing case. It explores the concepts of moral blindness and self-interestedness with reference to Adam Smith’s contribution to ethics from the eighteenth century. We consider the power of description and discuss how this can affect role responsibility though the case of Adolph Eichmann as interpreted by Stanley Milgram. We discuss and analyse the impact on ethics of Michael Walzer’s concept of thick and thin description and we explore the development of training in moral reasoning. The chapter closes with a fuller consideration of Sam Bankman-Fried’s impact on crypto currency with FTX.
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- Moral Imagination in the Twenty-first CenturyIndividuals and Organizations, pp. 15 - 55Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2025
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