论中西马哲学背景下中国法治理念的基础

中国社会受到中西马不同哲学思想的影响,三种哲学思想在长期的相互冲突与融合过程中,与中国的具体实践相结合,逐渐成为中国社会意识的共同的组成部分。如何确立适合中国的法治模式及其法哲学层面的理论基础,是中国在法治进程中必须解决的问题。通过对中西马背景下中国社会意识形态的分析,探讨其内涵,并提出以马克思主义历史唯物主义为方法论的公共利益至上的法哲学思考,为中国的法治理念的渊源提供了符合中国具体实际的法哲学基础。     

地方本科高校马克思主义哲学教学的困境及出路

通过对马克思主义哲学教学现状的调查发现,地方本科高校马克思主义哲学教学面临着十分尴尬的局面,哲学远离了学生,远离了现实生活,究其原因在于高校学科建设问题、哲学认识问题和教材体系问题,要走出哲学教学的困境就是要还原哲学的本性,协调学科建设和改进教材体系。     

对转型期经济问题的法哲学思考

如果说财产是经济学的核心,那么财产权就是法哲学的关键.站在自然法哲学的高度审视、思考和改造中国社会的经济问题是推进和谐社会建设的时代必然.     

An Adversarial Ethic for Business: or When Sun-Tzu Met the Stakeholder

In the economic literature on the firm, especially in the transaction–cost tradition, a sharp distinction is drawn between so-called “market transactions” and “administered transactions.” This distinction is of enormous importance for business ethics, since market transactions are governed by the competitive logic of the market, whereas administered transactions are subject to the cooperative norms that govern collective action in a bureaucracy. The widespread failure to distinguish between these two types of transactions, and thus to distinguish between adversarial and non-adversarial relations, has led many business ethicists to develop a “uniform” moral code. Yet in market transactions, the checks and balances built into the system of commercial exchange are such as to permit more instrumental forms of behavior. In administered transactions, by contrast, these checks and balances are absent, and thus the institutional context calls for much greater exercise of moral restraint. In this paper, I begin the task of developing an adversarial ethic for business. According to this view, the competitive environment licenses a greater range of “self-interested” behavior, but also imposes its own constraints on the strategies that firms may adopt in the pursuit of their interests. Joseph Heath is Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy and the Centre for Ethics at the University of Toronto. He is the author of three books: Communicative Action and Rational Choice (MIT Press, 2001), The Efficient Society (Penguin, 2001), and with Andrew Potter. The Rebel Sell (HarperCollins, 2004). His research focuses on practical rationality, normative economics, and critical theory.     

Creative Destruction, Investment Volatility, and the Average Age of Capital

In this article, a new numerical procedure is used to compute the equilibrium of a vintage capital growth model with nonlinear utility, where the scrapping time is nonconstant. We show that equilibrium investment and output converge nonmonotonically to the balanced growth path due to replacement echoes. We find that the average age of capital is inversely related to output, which is consistent with recent micro evidence reinforcing the importance of the embodied question. We also find that an unanticipated permanent increase in the rate of embodied technological progress causes labor productivity to slowdown in the short run.     

TOWARD BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN THEORY AND EMPIRICAL REALITY

Introductory (i.e. first year) undergraduate learners often perceive economics to be remote from reality and overly theoretical, leading to a lack of motivation and enthusiasm to study economics. A general survey of curriculum practice reveals that lecture materials and the pedagogic approach to teaching introductory economics often do not place the current “mainstream” economic theory into its philosophical context. The result being that the learners are unable to bridge the gap between abstract economic theory and empirical reality. This paper argues that research into effective teaching and learning should focus not only on learner characteristics but also on curriculum content and its philosophical underpinnings, in order to research why students hold these negative perceptions. The paper recommends that introductory undergraduate teaching needs to engage in a critical examination, with the learner, of the philosophical underpinnings of “mainstream” economic theory and to introduce debates about the implications of these into the curriculum. This would create exciting new opportunities for teachers and learners to explore the connections between economic theory and social science in general and should come a long way in changing the negative perceptions of introductory undergraduate economics.     

The Ancients against the Moderns: Focusing on the Character of Corporate Leaders

When a series of corporate scandals erupted soon after the collapse of the 1990s bull market in equities, policy makers and reformers chiefly responded by augmenting and refining the checks and balances surrounding publicly traded corporations. Through measures such as the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, securities regulations were intensified and corporate governance was tightened. In essence, reformers followed the tradition of modern political philosophy, developed in the 17th and 18th centuries, in its insistence that pro-social outcomes are best produced through institutional mechanisms that harness self-interest. The empirical evidence, however, suggests the institutional approach will do little to prevent future ethical breakdowns. To corroborate this finding, we survey the literature on board composition, auditor consulting practices, shareholder activism, and executive compensation. Consequently, we look to another stream of political philosophy, the ancient tradition comprising Plato and Aristotle, which argues that social groupings, such as corporations, work best when led by individuals of good character. Applying the ancient view to modern commercial realities, the paper concludes that Benjamin Franklin’s attempt to connect virtuous character with enlightened self-interest offers a compelling ethic for corporate leaders. George Bragues is head of the Media Studies program and teaches philosophy, politics, and economics at the University of Guelph-Humber in Toronto, Canada. He is an occasional contributor to the National Post in Canada, writing op-ed pieces on financial and economic topics for that paper’s financial section. His academic articles have been published previously in the Journal of Business Ethics, as well as the Independent Review and in Business Ethics Quarterly.     

对《逍遥游·庄子传》的哲学品读

王充闾围绕庄子哲学思想中"逍遥游"这个主旨,进行多维度的探求,使这部传记具有《庄子》哲学思想品读的文化存在意义。该作秉持严谨的学术态度,以"游世"说为立论,阐发"游世"思想的哲学意义,并采用可行的解读路径,揭示庄子哲学的形上之义。该作将传记、散文、理论专著成功地融为一体,展示了较强的可读性和深刻的思想内涵,提供了一种距离读者更近的《庄子》阅读方式,也为丰富庄学的文本类型提供了借鉴。     

从混沌理论哲学观对旅游学混沌态及学科体系探讨

从混沌理论哲学观,对旅游学混沌态进行了分析,将其分为"前科学阶段"混沌态和"内在随机性"混沌态,认为旅游学的"内在随机性"决定了旅游学多学科、交叉性的特点.从混沌学的"初值敏感性"理论,阐明了旅游研究应以游客为初始路径的观点.根据混沌理论,确定了体验和服务是旅游系统的两个奇异吸引子,并分析了它们之间的联系与区别.从旅游系统动力机制分析,提出了由体验维、服务维、影响维和信息、技术维等4个维度构成的旅游学科体系框架.     

物流创新的灵魂:理念创新

物流理念是企业物流活动的指南,物流创新的灵魂是物流理念的创新。企业物流管理应关注若干物流新理念,注重运用哲学思维来思考物流理念的创新。