CHAPTER 5

Ethics and Value Sensitization

Ethics and Values: Paranoia to Metanoia

To begin with, it must be clear in make-no-bones terms that rationality could simply be a habiliment to alluringly guise even the most fallacious intent, the most vindictive emotions, and the most mischievous sentiments of a scarcity mind. Since management pertains to the domain of profane rationality, utilitarian humanism—with scarcity underpinning the upper bound with material, means, and their limits—could go only as far as it could to engage the mind in unsettling pursuits. The scarcity mind works on a mulish premise that seeks material pleasure, and willy-nilly avoids labor. It is the essential nature of the greed-driven scarcity mind to maximize pleasure and ...

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