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).