Laszlo Zsolnai’s book entitled “Beyond Self: Ethical and Spiritual Dimensions of Economics” was published in 2014 by Peter Lang Academic Publishers in Oxford.
The central claim of the book is that without overcoming the self-interest doctrine there is no chance for the preservation of nature and producing true well-being for present and future generations.
The contents of the book is as follows:
1. Introduction: Economics, Ethics and Spirituality
2. Ethics in Business
The Moral Economic Man
Corporate Transgressions (co-authors: Albert Bandura, Stanford University and Gian-Vittorio Caprara, University of Rome “La Sapienza”)
Ethical Decision Making
Beyond Competitiveness: Creating Values for a Sustainable World (co-author: Antonio Tencati, Bocconi University, Milan)
3. Spirituality in Economics
Ethics Needs Spirituality
Future of Capitalism
Why Frugality? (co-authors: Luk Bouckaert, Catholic University of Leuven and Hendrik Opdebeeck, University of Antwerp)
Buddhist Economic Strategy
4. Responsible Economizing
Shallow Success and Deep Failure (co-author: Knut J. Ims, Norwegian School of Economics, Bergen)
Respect for Future Generations
The Ethics of Systems Thinking
Redefining Economic Reason