Index

Oswald A. J. Mascarenhas SJ Fr (XLRI – Xavier School of Management, India)
Munish Thakur Prof (XLRI – Xavier School of Management, India)
Payal Kumar Dr (Indian School of Hospitality, India)

A Primer on Critical Thinking and Business Ethics

ISBN: 978-1-83753-347-3, eISBN: 978-1-83753-346-6

Publication date: 16 July 2024

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Mascarenhas, O.A.J., Thakur, M. and Kumar, P. (2024), "Index", A Primer on Critical Thinking and Business Ethics, Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 285-292. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-83753-346-620241010

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INDEX

Abject poverty
, 7

Absolute poverty
, 8

Acceptance
, 190

Actor network theory (ANT)
, 186

Aesthetic rationality
, 200

critical thinking as art constituted by
, 206–207

Aesthetic value
, 161

Aesthetics
, 58, 200, 207, 209

Ageism
, 101

Animal ethics
, 120

de-animalization via job compartmentalization
, 131–132

factory farming
, 124–125

global meat production and consumption statistics
, 120–124

planetism
, 132–135

Animal farming, anthropomorphism as justification for
, 73–74

Animal rights
, 120

de-animalization via job compartmentalization
, 131–132

factory farming
, 124–125

global meat production and consumption statistics
, 120–124

planetism
, 132–135

Animal spirits
, 20

Animal welfare
, 120, 139

book of genesis and
, 126–131

characterizing
, 141–143

de-animalization via job compartmentalization
, 131–132

factory farming
, 124–125

global meat production and consumption statistics
, 120–124

planetism
, 132–135

vegetarianism vs. veganism
, 134

Anthropocene
, 41

Anthropocentric perspectives
, 72

Anthropocentric philosophy
, 72

Anthropocentricism
, 70–71

Anthropocentrism
, 66, 72–73, 154

Anthropomorphism
, 72–73

avoidance of
, 73

as justification for animal farming
, 73–74

Anti-objective
, 94

Anti-oppression
, 93

Aristotelian virtue theory
, 74

Art
, 207–209

and science of critical thinking
, 199, 202, 205

Artificial intelligence (AI)
, 172

Asphyxia
, 130

Asteroids
, 161

Astronaut health hazards
, 165–166

Battery cages
, 130

Belief systems
, 98

Biocentrism
, 161

Bioethics
, 150

Biological essentialism
, 107–108

Biopolitics
, 135–140

Bleeding without stunning
, 131

Body-based argument
, 102–103

Bottom-of-the-pyramid citizens
, 2

Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE)
, 121–122

Buddhist ethic
, 110–111, 115

Business ethics
, 150

Businesses
, 89

Capitalism
, 11–12, 178

Carbon dioxide narcosis
, 130–131

Carbon neutrality
, 49–50

Caring
, 105–106

Carnophallogocentrism
, 135–140

Catalytic social entrepreneurs
, 7

Celestial bodies
, 152

Chilling
, 130

Chipko in Himalayan India
, 92

Classical instrumental rationality approach
, 200

Classism
, 101

Cognitive theorists
, 34

Collective responsibility
, 195–198

Commercial anthropocentric view
, 99

Committee on Space Research (COSPAR)
, 153

Communist models
, 7

Conference of parties (COP)
, 48

Consequentialism/utilitarianism
, 155

Corporate aesthetic rationality
, 200–206

Corporate capitalism
, 97, 100, 110

Corporate ethics
, 13

Corporate social responsibility (CSR)
, 196

Corporate spiritual capital
, 196

Corrective justice
, 171–172

Cosmic egalitarianism
, 42

Cosmic ethics
, 150

Cosmic space ethics
, 168, 170

Cosmic sustainability
, 153, 190

ecozoic worldview of
, 58

Cosmological anthropology
, 178

Costs of pollution
, 111

“Cradle to grave” paradigm
, 63–64

Critical Animal Studies (CAS)
, 134–135

Critical thinking (see also Ecozoic critical thinking)
, 120, 128, 150, 190, 211, 214

art and science of critical thinking
, 199

as art constituted by aesthetic rationality
, 206–207

and corporate spiritual capital
, 196

higher order thinking
, 209–217

as mindfulness
, 216

social welfare, social well-being, and social progress
, 191

Critically examining ecofeminist assumptions
, 102–106

De-animalization
, 131–132

Deep ecologists
, 77

Deep ecology
, 156

to support natural sustainability
, 76–78

Democratic space ethics
, 162–164

Deontological ethics
, 75

Deontological rights approach
, 74

Deontology
, 155

Descriptive ethics
, 154

Design thinking
, 207

Deterministic psychology theorists
, 34

Development
, 61

Developmental partnership
, 42

Dissociation
, 93

Distributive justice
, 171–172

Doha Amendment
, 49

Domestic jurisprudence
, 166–167

Domination
, 93

Ecocentric holism
, 156

Ecocentric sustainability
, 64–65

Ecocentrism
, 64–65, 94

Ecofeminism
, 90

corporate capitalism
, 97–100

critically examining ecofeminist assumptions
, 102–106

ecofeminist concerns
, 97–100

and environmentalism
, 100–102

free market capitalism
, 97–100

gender equality
, 115–116

and gender mainstreaming
, 114

historical origins
, 91–92

rejection of questionable dualisms of nature
, 95–97

Ecofeminist concerns
, 97–100

Ecofeminist ecocentric capitalism as genuine progress indicator
, 110–111

Ecofeminist Ecological Spiritualities
, 107

Ecofeminist ethic and philosophy
, 92–95

Ecofeminist free market capitalism
, 110

Ecofeminist GPI
, 111–115

Ecofeminist philosophical movement
, 91

Ecofeminist posthumanism
, 106–110

Ecological collapse
, 59–60

Ecological costs
, 111

Ecological Feminist Philosophies (1996)
, 91, 107

Ecological self
, 77

Ecological sustainability
, 38, 63

Ecologizing values
, 210

Ecology
, 73, 101

Economic progress
, 50–51

Economism
, 133

Economizing values
, 210

Ecozoic critical thinking

anthropocentric vs. nonanthropocentric perspectives
, 72

anthropocentrism and anthropomorphism
, 72–73

anthropomorphism as justification for animal farming
, 73–74

deep ecology to support natural sustainability
, 76–78

developments on sustainability at UN
, 49–50

ecocentric sustainability
, 64–65

ecological collapse
, 59–60

ecological sustainability
, 63

ecologizing and economizing values
, 57–59

ecozoic concept of nature as community
, 81–85

ecozoic sustainability
, 65–66

ecozoic sustainability as disciplined use of Nature
, 76

embedded sustainability
, 63–64

epistemology
, 50–51

growth vs. development
, 61

major developments on sustainability
, 66–71

managerial implications
, 85–86

Nature of Nature
, 78–79

sustainable development
, 62

technozoic sustainability
, 64

teleology
, 51–57

theory of systems, complexity, chaos, and emergent consciousness
, 81

UN-supported global sustainability summits and resolutions
, 52–57

Warmer Metaphysics
, 74–75

Ecozoic era
, 58–59

Ecozoic sustainability
, 40, 65–66

as disciplined use of Nature
, 76

Egocentric movement
, 77

Electrical stunning
, 131

Embedded sustainability
, 63–64

Environmental conservation
, 77

Environmental ethics
, 50–51, 57, 150

Environmental scientists
, 178–179

Environmental virtue ethics
, 51, 57, 208–209

Environmentalism
, 100–102

Epistemology
, 50–51

Equivocality
, 194–195

Eradication
, 7

Essence
, 108

Ethics
, 13

of animal slaughterhouses and critical thinking
, 128

European Space Agency (ESA)
, 151

European Union (EU)
, 10

External stimuli
, 16

Factory farming
, 90, 120, 124–125

economics
, 125–126

ethical concerns on factory farming of animals for food
, 123

Feeling pain
, 143–144

Feminism
, 101

Feminist business ethic
, 94

Feminist environmentalism
, 116

Firms
, 194–195

Food, Inc. (2008)
, 90

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
, 121

Foreign direct investments (FDI)
, 7

Forests
, 109

Fractured ontology
, 48

Fragmented ethical epistemology
, 48

Free economy
, 109

Free enterprise system
, 190–191

Free market capitalism
, 97–100

Game Changers (2018)
, 90

Gender equality
, 115–116

Gender mainstreaming
, 114

Genuine Progress Indicator (GPI)
, 110–111

Global poverty
, 2, 10

Global resources dividend (GRD)
, 3

Global social justice for eradication of global poverty
, 10–11

Global sustainability, doctrine and urgency of
, 48

Goods
, 14–15

Great Divide, The
, 11–12

Green Belt in Kenya
, 92

Greenhouse gases (GHGs)
, 49

Gross domestic product (GDP)
, 9, 111, 121

Growth
, 61

Heidegger’s essentialism
, 107–108

Hierarchy theory
, 102

High spiritual capital, companies with
, 198–200

Higher order thinking
, 209–217

Historical origins
, 91–92

Holistic corporate social wellbeing
, 221

Holistic fascism
, 94

Holocene epoch
, 41

Homo sapiens
, 154

Homo Sapiens Foundation
, 170

Horsegate
, 121–122

Housework
, 111

Human dignity
, 1–2

ecological sustainability
, 38

global social justice for eradication of global poverty
, 10–11

“nation state” theory of poverty
, 3–4

philosophy
, 12

poverty and income inequality
, 2–3

psychological investigations into human identity and potentiality
, 33–39

reconciled with global poverty
, 42

rights and duties of moral responsibility
, 42–44

root causes of poverty
, 5

as sacred wilderness
, 40–42

social welfare and social progress
, 8–9

Human duties toward animals
, 132

Human executive personhood, value and function of
, 15–18

Human personhood
, 13–14, 18–19

ecozoically as ecological sustainability
, 39-40

as living composite
, 28–32

Humanistic person-centered psychology
, 34

Humanistic projective psychology
, 34

Humanity
, 73

Hypatia
, 91

Illegitimacy
, 194–195

Immanence
, 19–22

Impossibility theorem
, 73

Inclusiveness
, 93

Income inequality
, 2–3

Income redistribution
, 111

Individuality
, 22–24

Inequality
, 11–12

Institutionalized violence
, 126

Instrumental rationality
, 191, 201

Intensive farming
, 120–121

Internal stimuli
, 16

International jurisprudence
, 166–167

International rule of law
, 166–171

International space station (ISS)
, 150

International-transnational-cosmic space law and structures
, 166

international rule of law and idea of normative authority
, 166–171

Intersubjective communication
, 200–201

Intrinsic value
, 41

Job compartmentalization
, 131–132

Justification
, 71

Kyoto Protocol of 1997
, 49

Land ethic
, 66, 209

Legitimacy
, 194–195

Livestock sector
, 122

Love
, 190

Love Canal in New York State
, 92

Low earth orbit satellites (LEO satellites)
, 160

Lunar “Gateway” space station
, 151

Male bias
, 109

Mars Society, The
, 170

Master model
, 96–97

Meat consumption
, 122–123, 135, 140

Metaethics
, 150, 154

Millennial developmental goals (MDGs)
, 48, 151

Mindfulness
, 216–218

Modern management theory
, 48

Moral and economic rationalization
, 163

Moral responsibility, rights and duties of
, 43–44

Moral standards
, 207–208

Moral standing
, 150

Moral status general challenges in OSA research and explorations
, 154–155

Moral theories
, 155–156

Moral values
, 201, 207

Morality
, 50–51

Nanotechnology, biotechnology, information technology, and cognitive science (NBIC)
, 177

“Nation state” theory of poverty
, 3–4

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
, 164

mission and goals
, 151–153

Nationally determined contributions (NDCs)
, 49

Natural sustainability
, 71, 151

deep ecology to support
, 76–78

to support OSA developmental goals
, 178–179

synthesizing basic principles of complexity, deep ecology, and ecozoics
, 82–84

Nature
, 1–2, 151

ecozoic concept of nature as community
, 81–85

ecozoic sustainability as disciplined use of
, 76

eschatological sustainability
, 184

noumenological sustainability
, 184

phenomenological sustainability
, 183

rejection of questionable dualisms
, 95–97

as sacred wilderness
, 85

teleological sustainability
, 183

Nature of Nature
, 78–79

in ecozoic ecology
, 79–80

Nature sustainability goals (NSGs)
, 184

Naturism
, 101

Neglected values
, 93–94

“No child left behind” policies
, 48

Nonanthropocentric perspectives
, 72

Nonanthropocentricism
, 74

Nonanthropocentrism
, 66

Nongovernmental organizations (NGOs)
, 3, 7, 114, 159

Nongovernmental OSA sponsors and collaborators, goals of
, 151–153

Nonmarket transactions
, 111

Noosphere
, 58

Nordic model of welfare state
, 7

Normative authority
, 166–171

Normative ethics
, 154

Objectification
, 93

Opel-RAK
, 163

Oppression argument
, 102–103

Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
, 2–3

Organizational theory
, 206

Outer space advances (OSA)
, 150

ethical concerns regarding OSA research and activities
, 160–161

ethical issues
, 173–176

general ethical concerns regarding OSA research and explorations
, 157–159

moral status general challenges in OSA research and explorations
, 154–155

natural sustainability to support OSA developmental goals
, 178–180

planned adventures of OSA movement
, 172–177

sustainability development and ethical concerns
, 171–172

transhumanist aspirations
, 177–178

Outer space ethics and sub-theories
, 156–157

Outer space explorations, domain and ethical challenges of
, 151

Outer space mining
, 173–176

Oyster farms
, 144

Paris Climate Agreement
, 49

Patriarchy
, 101, 104, 108

Phenomenological natural sustainability
, 179–180

Philosophical critics
, 178–179

Philosophical environmental ethics
, 154

Philosophy, goals, and objectives
, 91

Physical anthropomorphism
, 72–73

Physical compartmentalization
, 131–132

Planetism
, 132–135

Pluralism
, 94

Posthumanism
, 106–107

Poverty
, 2–3

root causes
, 5

Principle of equality
, 140

Pro-environment actions
, 208

Production, distribution, and consumption (PDC)
, 38

Racism
, 101

Radiation
, 165

Rationality
, 191, 200–201

Reform
, 10

Reintegration
, 48

Relational sense of self
, 94

Relative poverty
, 8

Resource depletion costs
, 111

Roscosmos
, 164

Self-awareness
, 27

Self-fulfilling prophecy, psychological model of
, 98

Self-identity
, 27

Self-realization
, 77

Self-transcendence
, 208–209

Self-validating reduction, Weston’s theory of
, 98–99

Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction
, 48–49

Sexism
, 101

Shooting
, 131

Social contact
, 24–25

Social equalization
, 171–172

Social happiness
, 8–9

Social justice
, 10–11

Social mindfulness
, 191

Social progress
, 8–9, 191, 193–194

Social progress index (SPI)
, 194

Social welfare
, 8–9, 191–193

Social well-being
, 191

Sociality
, 24–25

Space ethics
, 150

astronaut health hazards
, 165–166

Cosmic Space Ethics
, 170

democratic space ethics
, 162–164

domain and ethical challenges of outer space explorations
, 151

ethical concerns regarding OSA research and activities
, 160–161

general ethical concerns regarding OSA research and explorations
, 157–159

international-transnational-cosmic space law and structures
, 166

key issues in
, 159–160

outer space ethics and sub-theories
, 156–157

planned adventures of OSA movement
, 172–177

sustainability development and ethical concerns of OSA
, 171–172

in theory
, 162

Space travel
, 165

Space-research ethics
, 150

Spacecraft
, 165

SpaceX
, 150–151

Speciesism
, 101

Spirituality
, 31, 190

Structured causes of injustice
, 1–2

Stunning
, 131

Subjects, objects, properties, and events (SOPE)
, 199

Sustainability
, 49, 58, 207, 209

concept, domain, and scope
, 67–69

development and ethical concerns of OSA
, 171–172

developments on sustainability at UN
, 49–50

economics
, 71

major developments on
, 66–71

negotiations and accords
, 48

types in relation to nature
, 70

Sustainable development
, 62

Sustainable developmental goals (SDGs)
, 48, 151

Symbolic compartmentalization
, 131–132

Symbolic interactionism
, 98

Technozoic sustainability
, 64

Teleology
, 51, 57, 171–172

Terraforming
, 159

Traditional ethical theories
, 74

Transcendence
, 26–28

Transcendentalism
, 26

Transformative feminism
, 100–101, 114

Transhumanism
, 177

Transhumanist aspirations of OSA
, 177–178

Trees
, 109

UK Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA)
, 121

UN Committee on Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (UN COPUOS)
, 153

UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
, 49–50

UN Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA)
, 163

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)
, 150

United Nations (UN)
, 7, 48, 114, 150

developments on sustainability at
, 49–50

United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED)
, 114

United Nations Environment Program (UNEP)
, 119–120

United Nations Outer Space Treaty (OST)
, 153

United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
, 121–123

Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)
, 2–3

Utilitarianism
, 74

Veganism
, 134

Vegetarianism
, 134

Ventures
, 2

Virtue ethics
, 155

Volitional psychology theorists
, 34

VonBraun Paradigm
, 164

Warmer Metaphysics
, 74–75

Well-being
, 217–218

Wert-rationale (value-oriented) social action
, 200–201

Western culture’s oppression of nature
, 96–97

Western free enterprise capitalist system
, 7

Women’s Environmental Network (WEN)
, 116

World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA)
, 73–74

World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD)
, 115

Zero-throwaway production–distribution–consumption systems
, 64