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Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com) To my mother, Angel of universal love, With my eternal togetherness [...]... philosophy (Kierkegaard, Jaspers, Buber, Marcel) Kierkegaard and Nietzsche are then the historical basis and source of any existential/ existentiell philosophy M Dion, Financial Crimes and Existential Philosophy, Ethical Economy, DOI 10.1007/97 8-9 4-0 0 7-7 32 6-4 _1, © Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2014 1 2 1.1 1 Existential/ Existentiell Philosophy The Precursors of Existential/ Existentiell Philosophy. .. Chapter 1 Existential/ Existentiell Philosophy Basically, existential philosophy deals with what-it-means-to-be (and thus with ontological categories), while existentiell philosophy addresses basic existentiell limitations (such as death and sickness, fault and guilt, voidness and meaninglessness) from an ontical viewpoint (that is, from the existing/human being perspective) Both existential and existentiell... concern with what-it-means-to-be We must become more aware of the way we look at existence and morality Our existential/ existentiell representation of what-itmeans-to-be is a crucial component of every long-term prevention strategy against financial crimes We cannot efficiently fight financial crimes without deepening the Introduction xxi meaning of the world we want to live in Financial crimes are dehumanizing... being-free through our actions and decisions (Marcel 1961, 8–9) Our being-with-others is the ground of our freedom Our freedom is possible because the I is a being-in-face-of-other-Is Self-awareness is not possible without the awareness of others/world I cannot define who-I-am without any relationships with others Human being is a beingin-face-of-others As said Buber (1975, 205), the I only exists through relationships... And the self only exists through choices Kierkegaard did not claim that we are creating ourselves Rather, we are choosing who we would like to become It needs existential courage to choose the being I would like to be, since such project-to-be could meet some constraints and determinisms that make quite hard to become who-I-would-like-to-be Such existential courage is the source of every eternity and. .. existential/ existentiell philosophy as basic contribution to the issue of what-it-means-to-be (ontological level), or what-it-means-to-exist-as-entity (ontical level) The works of some Western philosophers have been studied in order to explore the possibility to use them in leadership approaches It was particularly the case for ¨ Immanuel Kant (Bowie 2000), Jurgen Habermas (Schnebel 2000), Emmanuel Levinas and Alasdair... staying there, in-front-of-me I cannot be aware of being an object for others without the fact that the other exists for me (Sartre 1980, 318) An existentiell leader knows that others’ self reflects his (her) self, since he (she) is self-object for the other (Sartre 1980, 283) My being is Being-for-others (Sartre 1980, 283, 307, 328) My being-in-itself and my beingfor-self meet in day-to-day interaction,... finitebeing-who-accepts-its-finitude is reflecting an existential analysis, while selfcreated being (Sartre) as well as the finite being who is closely linked to the Infinite (Jaspers, Marcel, Buber) mirror an existentiell analysis If we take for granted that Kierkegaard and Nietzsche represented the precursors of existentially-based philosophy, then there are four basic schools of existential/ existentiell philosophy. .. find our who-I-am (personal identity) and to affirm my own self (self-affirmation) The I is a person when he/she takes the responsibility of his/her words and actions upon himself/herself (Marcel 1944, 25) The openness to others is not possible without our project to be free Being-in-situation implies the awareness of our existential finitude Being-with-others means that others actually are in-me Their... but existentiallychosen realities The project to be implies that I am who-I-am: I only have to choose myself in order to actually exist as my self But insofar as my self is in-the-world, my project to be is simultaneously a project to transform my world (Sartre 1985b, 292) My self-in-the-world is project to be, that is, the becoming of my self as being in-the-world My self is thrown in my world, and . Faculte ´ d’administration Sherbrooke, Que ´ bec, Canada ISSN 221 1-2 707 ISSN 221 1-2 723 (electronic) ISBN 97 8-9 4-0 0 7-7 32 5-7 ISBN 97 8-9 4-0 0 7-7 32 6-4 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/97 8-9 4-0 0 7-7 32 6-4 Springer Dordrecht Heidelberg New York. Michel Dion Financial Crimes and Existential Philosophy Ethical Economy. Studies in Economic Ethics and Philosophy Financial Crimes and Existential Philosophy Ethical Economy Rather, we will interpret existential/ existentie ll philosophy as basic contribution to the issue of what-it-means-to-be (ontological level), or what-it-means-to-exist-as-entity (ontical level). The