Public Capitalism: The Political Authority of Corporate Executives

Christopher McMahon

Published by University of Pennsylvania Press 2012

Public Capitalism

The Political Authority of Corporate Executives

Christopher McMahon

In the series Haney Foundation Series

https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812207262

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About this book

Political philosopher Christopher McMahon argues that the social authority of corporate executives is best understood as a form of political authority. Public Capitalism explores the implications of that claim and sketches a new theoretical framework for discussion of the moral and political issues faced by corporate executives.

Author / Editor information

Christopher McMahon is Professor of Philosophy at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and author of Reasonable Disagreement: A Theory of Political Morality, Collective Rationality and Collective Reasoning, and Authority and Democracy: A General Theory of Government and Management.

Reviews

"McMahon has been successful in providing a detailed, robust defense of his conclusion. The book deftly moves between business law, management, economics and, importantly, philosophy in its line of argumentation."—Jeffery Smith, University of Redlands

"A frame-changing discussion of the conditions that would legitimize managerial authority in privately owned, publicly held corporations. McMahon opens up new questions in political theory and corporate jurisprudence, and offers fascinating responses."—Philip Pettit, Princeton University

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
INTRODUCTION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1. THE PUBLIC AND THE PRIVATE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	9
2. LEGITIMACY: THE PRIVATE MODEL Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	32
3. LEGITIMACY: THE PUBLIC MODEL Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	69
4. MORALITY AND THE INVISIBLE HAND Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	111
5. PUBLIC MANAGEMENT Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	135
NOTES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	169
WORKS CITED Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	193
INDEX Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	199
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	205

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 216
Keywords: Business; Public Policy; Economics; Political Science

eBook

Published: September 5, 2012
ISBN: 9780812207262