Spiritual Humanism and Economic Wisdom

Spiritual Humanism and Economic Wisdom collects
essays in honor of the 70th anniversary of K.U.Leuven
professor Luk Bouckaert, co-founder of the European
SPES forum, which aims to make spirituality accessible
as a public good to as many people as possible. Its
mission is expressed in the key word of SPES, being on
the one hand an acronym for ‘Spirituality in Economics
and Society’ and, on the other hand, the Latin word for
‘hope’, the virtue that sustains our belief in a better
future.

In the spirit of the European SPES forum, this volume
covers issues of contemporary economics using a
humanist perspective and discusses interrelated
problems of business, ethics and society from spiritually
based viewpoints. The authors argue for practicing
economic wisdom in economic and social life.

Hendrik Opdebeeckis professor of Philosophy and
Economics at the University of Antwerp, where he is
affiliated with the Centre of Ethics. His research interest
is focused on the cultural-philosophical backgrounds
and effects of globalization with special attention to the
role of spirituality and technology.

Laszlo Zsolnai is professor and director of the Business
Ethics Center at the Corvinus University of Budapest.
He is chairman of the Business Ethics Faculty Group of
CEMS (Community of European Management Schools –
The Global Alliance in Management Education).