Why Businessmen Need Philosophy
by Ghate, DebiEdition: Revised
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2011-04-05
Publisher(s): Berkley Pub Group
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Summary
The intellectual tooks every business person needs in the boardroom. Includes two rare essays by Ayn Rand! With government and the media blaming big business for the world economic crisis, capitalism needs all the help it can get. It's the perfect time for this collection of essays presenting a philosophical defense of capitalism by Ayn Rand and other Objectivist intellectuals. Essential and practical, Why Businessmen Need Philosophyreveals the importance of maintaining philosophical principles in the corporate environment at all levels of business from daily operations to executive decisions, and provides the tactical and tactful rational thinking required to defend companies from ideological attacks.
Table of Contents
| Preface | p. v |
| Acknowledgments | p. vi |
| Introduction | p. vii |
| Do Businessmen Really Need Philosophy? | |
| Why Businessmen Need Philosophy | p. 3 |
| Philosophy: The Ultimate CEO | p. 19 |
| "Wealth is the product of man's capacity to think." | p. 35 |
| The Businessmen's Crucial Role: Material Men of the Mind | p. 43 |
| The Money-Making Personality | p. 65 |
| Why Is Business "Public Enemy #1"? | |
| America's Persecuted Minority: Big Business | p. 77 |
| The Philosophical Origins of Antitrust | p. 97 |
| The Morality of Moneylending: A Short History | p. 109 |
| Why Conservatives Can't Stop the Growth of the State | p. 147 |
| The Philosophy of Privation: Environmentalism Unveiled | p. 169 |
| Energy Privation: The Environmentalist Campaign Against Energy | p. 193 |
| Doesn't Business Require Compromise? | |
| The Anatomy of Compromise | p. 225 |
| Why Should One Act On Principle? | p. 233 |
| A Defense for Businessmen | |
| Atlas Shrugged: America's Second Declaration of Independence | p. 251 |
| The Dollar and the Gun | p. 267 |
| An Answer for Businessmen | p. 277 |
| "You're guilty of a great sin, Mr. Rearden." | p. 281 |
| The Sanction of the Victims | p. 289 |
| "I work for nothing but my own profit." | p. 299 |
| Afterword | |
| Modern Management | p. 303 |
| Additional Resources | |
| About Ayn Rand | p. 309 |
| About Atlas Shrugged | p. 309 |
| Ayn Rand's Philosophy: Objectivism | p. 309 |
| The Morality of Capitalism | p. 310 |
| Ayn Rand's Fiction | p. 310 |
| Ayn Rand's Nonfiction | p. 310 |
| About the Contributors | |
| About the Contributors | p. 315 |
| About the Ayn Rand Institute | p. 317 |
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