The Genealogical Ethics of Leadership-as-Practice

Business Ethics Journal Review, Vol. 8, No. 5, pp. 27-31(2020). https://doi.org/10.5840/bpej2018101273

5 Pages Posted: 22 Sep 2020

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Joseph A. Raelin

Northeastern University - D’Amore-McKim School of Business; Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology (LUT); Lancaster University - Department of Management Learning

Date Written: August 13, 2020

Abstract

Mensch and Barge in their interpretation of Alasdair MacIntyre’s critique of genealogical ethics as a basis of ethical weakness in the emerging field of “leadership-as-practice,” suggest that L-A-P is lacking in ethical grounding especially because of its relativist philosophy. I address this valid ethical concern in L-A-P theory by arguing that there is a form of realism in Nietzchean axiology and that the dialogic potentialities in material-social interactions may offer a greater capacity for ethical reflexivity than a reliance on rules.

Keywords: Leadership-as-Practice, Genealogy, Nietzschean ethics, phenomenology, critical dialogue

JEL Classification: J24, M10, M12, M14, M53, M54

Suggested Citation

Raelin, Joseph A., The Genealogical Ethics of Leadership-as-Practice (August 13, 2020). Business Ethics Journal Review, Vol. 8, No. 5, pp. 27-31(2020). https://doi.org/10.5840/bpej2018101273, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3673598

Joseph A. Raelin (Contact Author)

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Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology (LUT) ( email )

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