Moral Imagination

Oliver F. Williams, C.S.C., is Director of the Center for Ethics and Religious Values in Business at the University of Notre Dame.

"The University of Notre Dame Press deserves our congratulations for publishing The Moral Imagination, an important and very welcome addition to the business ethics literature. By focusing on the dilemmas faced by business persons as portrayed in literature and film, the essays in this book convey the compelling message that ethical choices are an inevitable aspect of business life and moral imagination is essential to enable individuals and organizations to make proper choices. Current and prospective business professionals will enjoy and benefit from reading this engaging volume, and reflecting on its contents. Oliver F. Williams, C.S.C., deserves our thanks for stimulating and editing this book." —Edwin M. Epstein, Dean, School of Economics and Business Administration, Saint Mary's College of California"The Moral Imagination explores how film and literature can affect virtue and character. The thirteen authors of these essays provide many examples of films (The Color of Money, Working Girl, Wall Street, Mr. Holland's Opus) and literature (The Bible, Brothers Karamazov, Barbarians at the Gate, and Shakespeare) that demonstrate the good life. The authors describe how these readily available films are being used in MBA classrooms to help students broaden their moral imagination. They are used as cases, but, beyond that, they provide food for many more of our senses. Those who are concerned about business ethics will note how the film, TV, novel and other art forms can either help us become full persons or, on the other hand, may restrict our horizons and diminish us as people." —Gerald F. Cavanagh, S.J., College of Business Administration, University of Detroit Mercy"From Aristotle to Jack Lemmon, from philosophy to film, The Moral Imagination presents a compelling view of challenging ideas applicable to gaining new insights for managing the drama of modern business." —Leo V. Ryan, C.S.V., Department of Management, DePaul University