RETURN ON PHILOSOPHY

The world is changing like never before - in the last three hundred years a new model of control has become prevalent in every facet of human life, The Corporation, already the corporations and the billions upon billions of employees that serve beneath them have become the cornerstone of modern western life, a system that can stand separate from monarchy, separate from democracy.But with this new power’s meteoric rise, questions rise with them, if a company is to rule, how should it? What responsibilities must a company undertake in the face of the power it wields? And to whom does it owe such responsibilities?To answer these questions, we will take a look back at the many great writers, poets, philosophers and rulers to speculate and debate where exactly the corporation lies in modern life, and wherein lies, the greatest Return On Philosophy.

The world is changing like never before - in the last three hundred years a new model of control has become prevalent in every facet of human life, The Corporation, already the corporations and the billions upon billions of employees that serve beneath them have become the cornerstone of modern western life, a system that can stand separate from monarchy, separate from democracy.But with this new power’s meteoric rise, questions rise with them, if a company is to rule, how should it? What responsibilities must a company undertake in the face of the power it wields? And to whom does it owe such responsibilities?To answer these questions, we will take a look back at the many great writers, poets, philosophers and rulers to speculate and debate where exactly the corporation lies in modern life, and wherein lies, the greatest Return On Philosophy.Welcome to the first Episode of Return On Philosophy! In our first episode we're talking Business Optimisations, Work Ethic, with touches of Stoicism. Enjoy!