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How system dynamics education may enhance virtue-based Ethics

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  • Pierre L. Kunsch

    (Vrije Universiteit Brussel)

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In this paper, the author’s teaching experience at a Belgian Business school gives ground to the tenet that system-dynamics (SD) education would serve virtue-based Ethics in a complex world. Information is first provided on a SD course in Brussels created by the initiator of the Euro Working Group on OR and Ethics, Professor Brans. It is then argued that this teaching may induce a cognitive transformation towards a holistic view on complex decision problems, letting emerge several meta-virtues: respect, attentiveness, and wisdom. This cognitive process is illustrated by some SD modelling examples from the classroom reflecting important young people’s preoccupations in today’s society.

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  • Pierre L. Kunsch, 2016. "How system dynamics education may enhance virtue-based Ethics," EURO Journal on Decision Processes, Springer;EURO - The Association of European Operational Research Societies, vol. 4(1), pages 33-52, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:eurjdp:v:4:y:2016:i:1:d:10.1007_s40070-016-0056-6
    DOI: 10.1007/s40070-016-0056-6
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