Moral Blindness in Business

Jacob Dahl Rendtorff is Professor of Philosophy of Management at Roskilde University, Denmark. Rendtorff’s research includes philosophy, ethics, business ethics, bioethics and social theory. Rendtorff has published many articles and books, including Cosmopolitan Business Ethics: Towards a Global Ethos of Management (2017) and Philosophy of Management and Sustainability. Rethinking Business Ethics and Social Responsibility in Sustainable Development (2019).

“This is an interesting book and a serious contribution to a real problem in the running of modern corporations.” (Nordicum-Mediterraneum, Vol. 16 (1), 2021)

• Chapter 1: Introduction.- Part 1: Foundations and history of theory of moral blindness.- Chapter 2: For the Love for the world. The banality of evil in the light of Arendt's political and social theory. - Chapter 3: Judgment's Historical Responsibility: Hannah Arendt and our conception of the Holocaust.- Chapter 4: Adolf Eichmann as the prototype of the evil manager and administrator.- Part 2: Systematic elements of the concept of moral blindness in social theory.- Chapter 5: Interpretations of evil in modern philosophy and social theory:  What significance for ethics and philosophy of management?.- Chapter 6: Moral Blindness and Modernity. Interpretations and developments of Arendt’s concept of banality of evil.- Chapter 7: Moral Blindness and Modernity. Interpretations and developments of Arendt’s concept of banality of evil.- Part 3: Towards a management philosophy of judgment and ethical formulation competency.-Chapter 8: Totalitarianism, practical reason and judgment: Philosophical foundations for business ethics and philosophy of management.- Chapter 9: Perspectives for Responsibility, Moral Thinking and Imagination in Management and Public Administration.- Chapter 10: Political philosophy of responsibility for democratic societies. Judgment in Politics, Management and Administration.- Chapter 11: Conclusion: Towards Moral Thinking Unlimited.