FAITH AND ETHICS - by Robert J. Spitzer, S.J., PhD

The Biggest Barrier to Ultimate Happiness

By Robert J. Spitzer, S.J., PhD

By Fr. Robert Spitzer

Happiness is the fulfillment of a desire, which is why the things we desire most in life define the happiness we pursue.  When I talk about the Four Levels of Happiness®, people “get” the first three because nearly everyone has Read more »

The Cure for Superficial Faith

By Robert J. Spitzer, S.J., PhD

It’s impossible to know God and to love God if you’re not really sure He exists. Read more »

MYTH-BUSTING NEW BOOK BY FR. ROBERT J. SPITZER UNVEILS NEW PROOFS FOR EXISTENCE OF GOD USING MODERN SCIENCE AND LOGIC

Robert J. Spitzer, S.J., Ph.D., former president of Gonzaga University, today announced the release of his newest book, New Proofs for the Existence of God: Contributions of Contemporary Physics and Philosophy. From universal space-time asymmetry to cosmic coincidences, Spitzer’s 320-page book, published by Wm. B. Read more »

The Four Indispensable Tools

by Fr. Robert J. Spitzer, S.J.

Fr. Spitzer often observes that Level 3 Leadership has to be chosen every day. It’s impossible to make that choice consistently and effectively without Prudence, Courage, Fairness, and Self-Control.

The four Cardinal Virtues aren’t named for a bird, or a baseball team, or the men who elect the Pope. Read more »

An Antidote for Ethical Disasters: Part Two of a two-part series on ethics education for businesses and organizations

by Fr. Robert Spitzer, S.J.

If you do a search of companies that offer ethics training and education, you’ll find that many focus almost exclusively on the arena of legal compliance. Read more »

A Recipe for Ethical Disaster: Part one of a two-part series on ethics education

By Fr. Robert Spitzer, S.J.

Is it possible that a common approach to business ethics training might do as much to cause ethical problems as prevent them? Read more »

The Complexity and Rapidity of Decision-Making and the Failure to Integrate Ethical Reflection into It

Most business professionals are acutely aware of the fact that decision-making within our highly technological and multi-layered organizations has become extraordinarily complex and rapid. Read more »

The Decline of Traditional Principle-Based Instruction

It is probably apparent to most that moral training within households, churches, and schools has moved from “rules-based” to “ends-based” ethics. The origins of this trend were quite well-intentioned. Read more »

Six Practical Steps to Improve Problematic Situations in Business Ethics— Part 1A: The Move from Principle-Based to Utilitarian Criteria

The last 30 years has marked a decided change from principle-based to utilitarian ethical criteria. Principle-based ethics has four essential characteristics:

1) It associates ethical conduct with particular acts (e.g., on the negative side, it associates evil or unethical behavior with harming unnecessarily, lying, cheating, stealing, being unfair; and on the positive side, it associates good or nobility with honesty, fairness, altruism, and even love).

2) It considers the above as Read more »

Six practical steps to improve problematic situations in business ethics — Part 1: Understanding the Problem

We as colleagues within the Jesuit Educational network have access to a longstanding tradition of ethics education which can be shaped into six practical steps to help ameliorate the current problematic situation in business ethics. “Jesuit” here refers to St. Read more »

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