Robert White is dean of faculty and assistant professor of philosophy at the American University in Bulgaria.

Robert White writes elegantly. The economic function of profit is well understood, yet, still often needed is explanation of the ethical significance of profit as reward-both material and symbolic-for productive achievement within a system of voluntary transactions. White argues forthrightly with compelling examples and clear logic.

• IntroductionChapter One: The Questions of Profit MaximizationChapter Two: Why Profit Maximization is MoralChapter Three: The Objective Value of Goods and ServicesChapter Four: The Virtues of BusinessmenChapter Five: Clarifying Confusions About Profit MaximizationChapter Six: Incomplete Defenses of Profit MaximizationChapter Seven: The Inconvenient Truth About Corporate Social ResponsibilityConclusion

Robert White is dean of faculty and assistant professor of philosophy at the American University in Bulgaria.

Robert White writes elegantly. The economic function of profit is well understood, yet, still often needed is explanation of the ethical significance of profit as reward-both material and symbolic-for productive achievement within a system of voluntary transactions. White argues forthrightly with compelling examples and clear logic.

• IntroductionChapter One: The Questions of Profit MaximizationChapter Two: Why Profit Maximization is MoralChapter Three: The Objective Value of Goods and ServicesChapter Four: The Virtues of BusinessmenChapter Five: Clarifying Confusions About Profit MaximizationChapter Six: Incomplete Defenses of Profit MaximizationChapter Seven: The Inconvenient Truth About Corporate Social ResponsibilityConclusion

Robert White is dean of faculty and assistant professor of philosophy at the American University in Bulgaria.

Robert White writes elegantly. The economic function of profit is well understood, yet, still often needed is explanation of the ethical significance of profit as reward-both material and symbolic-for productive achievement within a system of voluntary transactions. White argues forthrightly with compelling examples and clear logic.

• IntroductionChapter One: The Questions of Profit MaximizationChapter Two: Why Profit Maximization is MoralChapter Three: The Objective Value of Goods and ServicesChapter Four: The Virtues of BusinessmenChapter Five: Clarifying Confusions About Profit MaximizationChapter Six: Incomplete Defenses of Profit MaximizationChapter Seven: The Inconvenient Truth About Corporate Social ResponsibilityConclusion