Doing Good

Markus Gabriel holds the chair for Epistemology, Modern and Contemporary Philosophy at the University of Bonn and is also the Director of the International Center for Philosophy in Bonn and the Center for Science and Thought. He is Senior Global Advisor at the Kyoto Institute of Philosophy as well as Specially Appointed Professor at the Kyoto University Institute for the Future of Human Society.

• IntroductionThe definitions of ethics, capitalism, and societyNested Crises — The Complexity of the Present MomentPart I: Ethical CapitalismEconomics in CrisesRecoupling Moral and Economic Value—The Road to a New EnlightenmentThe Human Animal—The Primacy of CooperationMoral Progress and SustainabilityP.S.: 'Capitalism' as ReificationPart II: ApplicationsThe CPO and the Ethics DepartmentLet Children Vote!The Metaphysical Pandemic—Governing our DesireNext Generation Ethics of AIConclusionAcknowledgementsEndnotes

"Stimulating and provocative. It is the kind of work that should inspire other books to be written."The Irish Times"Markus Gabriel makes a powerful case for 'ethical capitalism,' where profit is generated from doing good not harm and aligns private with social and environmental interests. It is an important message that academics, policymakers, and practitioners would do well to heed."Colin Mayer, University of Oxford"Markus Gabriel is a philosopher with enormous reach, nuance, relevance, and courage. He explains concepts clearly and pulls no punches with respect to the sacred cows of our current political moment. Doing Good rejects the authoritarianism of the populist right and the narrow economism of the Marxian left and offers instead a deeply ethical yet pragmatic guide for our collective future. Gabriel puts forth a broader social vision than that offered by the economists, one that confronts the excesses of global capitalism and private enterprise, and that promotes an ethos of collaboration and creativity in an ethically grounded, democratic, and sustainable society. Doing Good is an important contribution at this precarious time for peace, economic justice, and civil liberties."William Milberg, The New School for Social Research"If capitalism is going to survive it will need to reform, and Markus Gabriel argues persuasively that radical innovation in the market economy is not only necessary but entirely feasible. This book sets out a model for moral progress in Western economies, progress that does not depend on changing human nature, but rather on reform of the structures of business and markets."Dame Diane Coyle, University of Cambridge