Following Reason

A Theory and Strategy for Rational Leadership

Mark Manolopoulos

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2019
• Print ISBN: 9781138650589
• eBook ISBN: 9781134886715
• Topic: Philosophy
• Subtopic: Logic in Philosophy

Throughout history, humanity has regularly followed anti-rational figures and forces: demagogic rulers, perverted deities, exploitative economic systems, and so on. Such leadership and followership have wrought all kinds of oppression and conflict. What if this pattern could be altered? What if society were led by Reason instead? Prompted by Cicero's exhortation to "follow reason as leader as though it were a god", Following Reason: A Theory and Strategy for Rational Leadership explores this intriguing and potentially transformative possibility.

Manolopoulos uniquely blends leadership psychology with a deep understanding of philosophical reasoning theory to show how leaders can bravely reimagine and reconstruct society. The book retraces leadership mis-steps in history, and proposes a more "logicentric" theory of leadership, built on compelling philosophical axioms and arguments. Following Reason emphasizes the weight of philosophy and cognition in leadership, and advocates for a diverse network that can create, uphold, and implement a blueprint for a better global society.

This wide-ranging and timely book is ideal for leadership, management, and philosophy students at undergraduate and graduate levels.

Index

1 Corinthians (First Epistle to the Corinthians) 105, 114

9/11 (September 11, 2000) 2, 111, 115; see also terrorism

Afro-American 92

agnostic/s 7, 84, 85

Alexander the Great 19, 134

Allied forces 115; see also Axis powers; World War II

America/n(USA) 2, 3, 45, 90, 104, 115, 129; (black) civil rights movement 91, 129;

Christian Right 129; Christian Labor Union 129; Social Gospel movement 129; see also Afro-American; Central America; Latin America; United States of America (USA)

Amin, Idi 58

androcentrism 3; feminism; gender equality; patriarchy; sexism

Angelou, Maya 91

Anscombe, G. E. M. (Elizabeth) 132

anthropocentrism/human-centeredness 3, 89

anti-apartheid movement 129

anti-capitalist 94; see also capital/ist

anti-colonialism 3

anti-dogmatic 86

Appiah, Kwame Anthony 56, 69

Aquinas, Thomas 7, 132

Arab Spring 116

Aristotle/Aristotelian 7, 57, 75, 78, 121

Aslan, Reza 128

atheism/atheist 6–7, 85, 86, 115, 127

Augustine of Hippo 131, 132

“austerity” measures 24, 45; see also “bail-outs”; counter-austerity protests

Axis powers 115; see also Allied forces; World War II

Badiou, Alain 3, 91

“bail-outs” 45; see also “austerity” measures

Barnard, Chestor 58, 60

Bass, Bernard M. 12, 14, 18, 26, 39, 46–...

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Series Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Dedication
• Table of Contents
• Acknowledgments
• Series Editor Foreword
• Introduction: It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
• Defining Leading
• Differentiating Leading from Managing
• Foregrounding Following
• Rethinking Reason as Leader
• Faithfully Following Reason
• References
• Index