communitarian

(adjective)

Pertaining to the idea that a given group is of central importance.

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Examples of communitarian in the following topics:

  • Personal ethics: four ethical approaches

    • The Communitarian asks the important question, "What are the demands (duties) that the community(ies) of which I am a part make on me?
    • The Communitarian asks us to look outward, and to face up to the duties of being social creatures.
    • The key to this social transformation is the communitarian belief in balancing rights and responsibilities: "Strong rights presume strong responsibilities. " Etzioni states the Communitarian Agenda:
    • Most of the world's great religions are in this sense communitarian.
    • In the context of teams, the communitarian approach to ethics has much to commend itself.

  • Ethical Issues Within a Business

    • These perspectives are utilitarian, deontological, virtuous, and communitarian approaches.
    • Finally we have communitarian ethics.