ethical leadership - lists

rubins four tendencies

upholders - inner and outer

questioners - meet inner resist oute

obligers - resister inner meet outer

rebels - resist both inner and outer

grants three forms of courage to be a creature of discomfort

Role of courage in learning:

Courage necessary to step outside comfort zones, embrace discomfort, and take risks

Three types of courage

1. Abandon tried and true methods

2. Put oneself out there before feeling ready

3. Make more mistakes than others make attempts

ayn rands 7 virtues

1. Rationality

The act if thinking

The more you think the more you can accomplish

2. Independence

Freedom from influence and control of others

Self reliant and not willing to accept status quo or opinions of others until you have judged them to be rational

3. Integrity

Requires you to act in accordance with your own rational conclusions

4. Honesty

Most ruthless honesty is the only way to avoid the dangers of self deception

Exception: no obligation to behave honestly towards dishonest people

5. Justice

Judge others for their actions and be prepared to be judged in return

Determine the facts, judge them based on rational thought, and then act on that judgement

6. Productiveness

Productive work is the central purpose of life

Transforms rationality into tangible goods and services

Creates material value

7. Pride

Necessary to become the best version if ourselves we can be

Leads to self esteem

Pride must be earned through practicing and living up to all the other 6 virtues

The simple life: Father Martin's three steps to simplifying your life. What are they?

1. get rid of what you dont need

2. distinguish between needs and wants

3. get rid of things you think you need, but can actually live without

The simple life: Father Martins three reasons that we tend to feel free when we stop buying things we don't need and give away things we don't use

1. possession costs not only money but time

2. consumerist culture runs on comparison

3. the more things that society produces, the more we will want and the more unhappy we will be

Be who you is: Father Martin's three "best practices" for helping you live out your vocation. What are they?

1. an appreciation for the dignity of work

2. acceptance of failure

3. reliance on god

benthams 7 evaluation factors

1. intensity

2. duration

3. certainty

4. propinquity/remoteness

5. fecundity

6. purity

7. extent

kants 4 requirements

1. ethical command

2. these commands should command categorically

3. genuine ethics should respect human dignity

4. genuine ethics should respect autonomy as a person

ethical breakdown: 3 ethical barriers

1. bad goals

2. motivated blindness

3. slippery slope

heroic leadership: 4 jesuit leadership pillars

1. self awareness

2. ingenuity

3. love

4. heroicism

behavioral ethics for mountain climbers: 3 cognitive biases

1. self serving bias

2. loss aversion

3. conformity bias