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Our House, planet Earth, is on fire and our privacy – our home – is threatened. I suggest these phenomena are results of an economistic approach to thinking about who we are as human beings and what we consider success, i.e. the meaning of life. I posit that the currently dominating theories neglect the idea of intrinsic value - i.e. dignity of life and therefore destroys it. In the chapter I argue that by reconnecting with the insights and wisdom of the humanities we can create better theories that encompass dignity and aim towards well-being. The resulting archetypes can guide management thinkers and practitioners to create more humane organizations, a more humane economy and a more humane society.
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Kant Immanuel (1998). Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals. Edited and translated by Mary J. Gregor. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, page 42 [4434].
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As archetype I understand general properties that define and distinguish an ideal type of organizing (see also Weber’s ideal types).
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There has been a long discussion in the literature on science being non-normative and purely descriptive. The author subscribes to the view that even taking a position that management science is non-normative is a normative stance.
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http://www.spectator.co.uk/2014/01/the-right-way/ (Accessed May 21, 2016)
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Pirson, M.A. (2022). The Role of Humanistic Management in Humanizing Business. In: Dion, M., Freeman, R.E., Dmytriyev, S.D. (eds) Humanizing Business. Issues in Business Ethics, vol 53. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-72204-3_34
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