Teaching Ethics

An approach to ethical inquiry that overcomes the profound limitation emotivism places on honest moral discourse is developed. The method is introduced by first of all identifying the place which ethics properly assumes in a hierarchy of academic disciplines. Next, venerable traditions in normative ethics are summarized and a necessary order among them is posited. After reviewing what does not constitute sufficient warrant for our moral positions, it is proposed that the ultimate justification for our normative determinations be found in our worldviews. A classroom model is presented and its use demonstrated. The paper concludes by calling for a greater willingness on the part of all management educators to engage in the needed dialogue.