This book examines the nature of economic objects that form the subject matter of economics, and studies how they resemble or differ from the objects studied by the natural sciences. It explores the question of whether economic objects created by modern economics sufficiently represent economic...

This open access book examines from a variety of perspectives the disappearance of moral content and ethical judgment from the models employed in the formulation of modern economic theory, and some of the papers contain important proposals about how moral judgment could be reintroduced in...

This open access book provides an exploration of the consequences of the ontological differences between natural and social objects (sometimes described as objects of nature and objects of thought) in the workings of causal and agency relationships. One of its important and possibly original...

The paper discusses the relationship between ethics and spirituality in business and management context. It shows that business ethics lacks a deeper existentialspiritual foundation which causes inadequate and ineffective functioning of ethics in business and management. The paper argues for...

A ma uralkodó materialista világszemlélet ökológiai, társadalmi és etikai „közrosszak” tömegét produkálja. A materialista elveken alapuló működési modellek az embert pusztán materiális létezőként tételezik, külsődleges, pénzbeli ösztönzőket alkalmaznak, és az...

This Editorial has the objective to present the Thematic Section (TS), that derives from selected papers, that were presented during SIDREA International Workshop - May 19th 2020-2-5pm. It is structured in two sections. The first section is introducing the contents of the ST. The second section...

Despite the decades-long efforts of sustainability science and related policy and action programs, humanity has not gotten closer to global sustainability. With its focus on the natural sciences, sustainability science is not able to contribute sufficiently to the global transition to...