1st Edition
A Philosopher's Guide to Natural Capitalism A Sustainable Future Within Reach
Preface
CH.1: Overview and Plan of the Book
Part I: Sustainability and Natural Capitalism
CH.2: Genuine sustainability and what it will require of us
CH.3: Natural Capitalism
CH.4: The Narrative of Natural Capitalism
Part II: Classical Liberalism: The Conceptual Foundations of Consumer Capitalism
CH.5: John Locke and the Theory of Private Property
CH.6: Adam Smith and the Laissez-Faire Market
CH.7: Contrasting Visions: Classical versus Progressive Liberalism and the Ideal State
CH.8: Corporate Governance and the Limits of Corporate Social Responsibility
Part III: Classical Liberalism Through a Normative Lens
CH.9: Consequentialist Moral Theories
CH.10: Kantian Duty Theory and the Deontological Normative Tradition
CH.11: Concluding remarks
Index
Biography
Wayne I. Henry is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of the Fraser Valley in Abbotsford, Canada, where since 2009 he has taught courses in logic, the history of analytic philosophy and a course in business, globalization and sustainability. The ideas that inspired the development of this last course also inspired this book. Also, he is a lecturer in philosophy at Langara College in Vancouver, Canada, where he has taught business ethics for many years. Wayne has published in the areas of consumerism, globalized Capitalism and about establishing reasoned discourse with the "unreasonable," among others. He has for a long time been active in the animal welfare movement and activities in Vancouver area.
"A Philosopher’s Guide to Natural Capitalism: A Sustainable Future Within Reach is a philosophical re-conception of capitalism and a profound rethinking of the movement of capitalism from classic liberalism to progressive liberalism to natural capitalism."
Richard (Mort) Morehouse, ANALYTIC TEACHING AND PHILOSOPHICAL PRAXIS, VOLUME43, ISSUE 2(2023)
