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Why Business? What is the Role of Business in a Just and Humane Society
  • Level Foundation
  • Duration 22 hours
  • Course by The University of Notre Dame
  • Offered by

About

The course examines the common perceptions of business (both positive and negative) and the role of business in a market economy by first introducing the main elements of a market economy, and then presenting opposing points of view of this economic model.The course encourages reflection upon the possibility that business can be honorable and play a role in a just and humane society.

Modules

Welcome

    • 1 Videos
    • 6 Readings
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1 Videos

  • Welcome to the Course!

6 Readings

  • Welcome
  • Course Overview & Requirements
  • Meet Your Instructor
  • Netiquette
  • Optional Learning Activity
  • Get help and meet other learners. Join your Community!

Lesson 1.1 | Introduction to Justice in a Commercial Society?

    • 1 Videos
    • 4 Readings
    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • Lesson 1.1

1 Videos

  • Justice in a Commercial Society?

4 Readings

  • Introduction
  • “Market Reformer: An Economist Considers Pope Francis’ Critique of Capitalism”
  • Optional Learning Activity
  • Optional Resources

Lesson 1.2 | Justice in a Commercial Society

    • 1 Videos
    • 3 Readings
    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • Lesson 1.2

1 Videos

  • Adam Smith on Justice and Beneficence

3 Readings

  • Introduction
  • Theory of Moral Sentiments
  • Optional Learning Activity

Lesson 1.3 | The Three Arguments

    • 2 Videos
    • 3 Readings
    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • Lesson 1.3

2 Videos

  • Adam Smith's Explanation of the Wealth of Nations (Part 1)
  • Adam Smith’s Explanation of the Wealth of Nations (Part 2)

3 Readings

  • Introduction
  • Wealth of Nations
  • Optional Learning Activity

Lesson 1.4 | Can Work Be Noble?

    • 1 Videos
    • 3 Readings
    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • Lesson 1.4

1 Videos

  • Pope St. John Paul II on the Nobility of Work

3 Readings

  • Introduction
  • Laborem Exercens
  • Optional Learning Activity

Lesson 1.5 | Recap of Justice in a Commercial Society?

    • 1 Videos
    • 3 Readings
    • 2 Assignment
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2 Assignment

  • Lesson 1.5
  • Lesson 1.5 Reflection

1 Videos

  • Recap of Justice in a Commercial Society?

3 Readings

  • Introduction
  • Optional Learning Activity
  • Week 1 Next Steps

Getting the Most out of Week 2

    • 1 Readings
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1 Readings

  • Optional Learning Activity

Lesson 2.1 | Introduction to Value: Broken Windows and Prices

    • 1 Videos
    • 2 Readings
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1 Videos

  • Introduction to Value: Broken Windows and Prices

2 Readings

  • Introduction
  • Optional Learning Activity

Lesson 2.2 | Opportunity Cost and the Broken Window Fallacy

    • 1 Videos
    • 4 Readings
    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • Lesson 2.2

1 Videos

  • Bastiat’s What Is Seen and What Is Unseen

4 Readings

  • Introduction
  • What Is Seen and What Is Not Seen
  • Optional Learning Activity
  • Optional Resources

Lesson 2.3 | What Do Prices Do? What Are They For?

    • 1 Videos
    • 3 Readings
    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • Lesson 2.3

1 Videos

  • Hayek on Rational Economic Order and Prices

3 Readings

  • Introduction
  • “The Use of Knowledge in Society”
  • Optional Learning Activity

Lesson 2.4 | Criticism: Can Markets Price Everything?

    • 1 Videos
    • 4 Readings
    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • Lesson 2.4

1 Videos

  • Sandel: Can Markets Price Everything?

4 Readings

  • Introduction
  • Video: What Money Can’t Buy: The Moral Limits of Markets
  • Optional Learning Activity
  • Optional Resources

Lesson 2.5 | Recap of Broken Windows and Prices

    • 1 Videos
    • 3 Readings
    • 1 PeerReview
    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • Lesson 2.5

1 Peer Review

  • Lesson 2.5

1 Videos

  • Recap of Value: Broken Windows and Prices

3 Readings

  • Introduction
  • Optional Learning Activity
  • Week 2 Next Steps

Getting the Most out of Week 3

    • 1 Readings
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1 Readings

  • Optional Learning Activity

Lesson 3.1 | Introduction to Objections to Markets

    • 1 Videos
    • 2 Readings
    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • Lesson 3.1

1 Videos

  • Introduction to Objections to Markets

2 Readings

  • Introduction
  • Optional Learning Activity

Lesson 3.2 | Criticisms of Markets

    • 1 Videos
    • 3 Readings
    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • Lesson 3.2

1 Videos

  • Two Moral Objections from Karl Marx

3 Readings

  • Introduction
  • Karl Marx’s “Free Human Production”
  • Optional Learning Activity

Lesson 3.3 | Cohen’s Camping Trip – A Recent Case for Socialism

    • 1 Videos
    • 4 Readings
    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • Lesson 3.3

1 Videos

  • G. A. Cohen's Camping Trip: A Recent Case for Socialism

4 Readings

  • Introduction
  • Why Not Socialism?
  • Optional Learning Activity
  • Optional Resources

Lesson 3.4 | Luck and Equality of Opportunity

    • 1 Videos
    • 3 Readings
    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • Lesson 3.4

1 Videos

  • Cohen on Luck and Equality of Opportunity

3 Readings

  • Introduction
  • Optional Learning Activity
  • Optional Resources

Lesson 3.5 | Recap of Objections to Markets

    • 1 Videos
    • 3 Readings
    • 1 PeerReview
    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • Lesson 3.5

1 Peer Review

  • Lesson 3.5

1 Videos

  • Recap of Objections to Markets and Capitalism

3 Readings

  • Introduction
  • Optional Learning Activity
  • Week 3 Next Steps

Getting the Most out of Week 4

    • 1 Readings
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1 Readings

  • Optional Learning Activity

Lesson 4.1 | Introduction to Why Business?

    • 1 Videos
    • 2 Readings
    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • Lesson 4.1

1 Videos

  • Introduction to Why Business?

2 Readings

  • Introduction
  • Optional Learning Activity

Lesson 4.2 | What Is the Social Responsibility of Business?

    • 1 Videos
    • 3 Readings
    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • Lesson 4.2

1 Videos

  • Andrew Carnegie on the Duties of Wealth

3 Readings

  • Introduction
  • The Gospel of Wealth
  • Optional Learning Activity

Lesson 4.3 | A Catholic Case Against Socialism

    • 1 Videos
    • 3 Readings
    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • Lesson 4.3

1 Videos

  • Milton Friedman on the Social Responsibility of Business

3 Readings

  • Introduction
  • The Social Responsibility of Business Is to Increase Its Profit
  • Optional Learning Activity

Lesson 4.4 | An Economy of Exclusion

    • 1 Videos
    • 4 Readings
    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • Lesson 4.4

1 Videos

  • Pope Francis on Economic Exclusion

4 Readings

  • Introduction
  • Pope Francis’s Evangelii Gaudium
  • Optional Learning Activity
  • Optional Resources

Lesson 4.5 | Recap of Why Business?

    • 2 Videos
    • 4 Readings
    • 1 PeerReview
    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • Lesson 4.5

1 Peer Review

  • Lesson 4.5

2 Videos

  • Recap of Why Business?
  • Closing

4 Readings

  • Introduction
  • Optional Resources
  • Optional Learning Activity
  • Week 4 Next Steps

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Explore the role of business in a just and humane society with this foundational course from Coursera. Delve into the main elements of a market economy, examine common perceptions of business, and consider opposing viewpoints. With a duration of 1320 minutes, this course encourages reflection on the honorability of business. Subscription options include Starter and Professional, making it accessible to all learners in Business & Management.

James Otteson
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James Otteson