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We’re Better Than We Think

In: Why Business Ethics Matters

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  • Wayne Nordness Eastman

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This opening chapter tells a basically optimistic story about human nature that centers on the concept of Harmony Games in which people help other people and help themselves at the same time. In the account to be given here, we intuitively identify with other human beings. We are species-ists, and our species-ism is basically a good thing. Our ability to treat other people as “we,” with other animals and nature as “them,” has played a central role in our becoming the planet’s dominant large land mammal. Our affect-laden intuitions and our use of language help us to align effectively not only with people we know, but also with all other members of our species, in playing social games.

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  • Wayne Nordness Eastman, 2015. "We’re Better Than We Think," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Why Business Ethics Matters, chapter 0, pages 21-38, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-1-137-43044-1_2
    DOI: 10.1057/9781137430441_2
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