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Property Rights Versus Utilitarian Ethics

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Handbook of the Philosophical Foundations of Business Ethics

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This chapter compares and contrasts utilitarian ethics and rights-based ethics. It discusses the structural flaws of utilitarian ethics and suggests using rights-based ethics as an acceptable alternative.

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    Christoph Luetge

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McGee, R.W. (2013). Property Rights Versus Utilitarian Ethics. In: Luetge, C. (eds) Handbook of the Philosophical Foundations of Business Ethics. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-1494-6_92

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