TO: Daryl Koehn, Wicklander Chair in Professional Ethics, Department of Management & Entrepreneurship, DePaul University, Chicago, IL 60604
FM: Bruce E. Camber
RE: Your Books: The Nature of Evil (2005), Local Insights, Global Ethics for Business (2001, 2021), and The Ground of Professional Ethics (1994), and your homepage(s) at DePaul, ResearchGate, Twitter, and Wikipedia; as well as your publications as the Editor, Business and Professional Ethics Journal,; and your YouTube video, Business Ethics Pioneers Project (2021).
This page: https://81018.com/koehn/
Second email: 26 June 2025
Dear Prof. Dr. Daryl Koehn:
Am I making stupid newbie errors? Three years ago I sent my first email. It was an uninvited email so I was not surprised that it probably fell into the growing fissures in communication.
I’ve updated that email to be more accurate and easier to read.
Thank you.
Warmly,
Bruce
First email: Friday, 10 June 2022 at 11:30 AM (updated)
Dear Prof. Dr. Daryl Koehn:
I once studied with John N. Findlay, and a little of books by J.S. Mill, Nicolai Hartmann, Hegel, W.D. Ross and Kant. Not much more. So, with that little foundation, when doing our television series (PBS-TV and VOA-TV), Small Business School, I penned a working statement that started off like this: “What makes us human? …ethical? What gives us hope, depth, perspective? Deep within the fabric of life there is an energy, an abiding thrust to make things better, more perfect. That is the cornerstone of business, but much more.”
Although I go on for a few paragraphs, it was a prolegomenon for a much bolder piece: “Why is there so much hatred and tension in our life and this world? Do we have the wrong model of life?” about our solipsism, narcissism, nihilism, and dystopianism.
Though very much an ethics newbie and not a scholar, inspiration is inspiration so I carried on with that analysis: “Foundations for Ethics and Values: Continuity, Symmetry & Harmony“
The three links embedded above are:
https://81018.com/foundations/
https://81018.com/solipsism/
https://81018.com/ethics/
Is any of it worth anything? Would scholars find it of some interest or just laughable? Thank you.
Most sincerely,
Bruce
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Bruce E. Camber
PS. When I looked up DePaul, Wikipedia states, “Not to be confused with DePauw University.” I actually was until I began reading! You’ve got an Impressive school. I thought that I considered DePaul back in the days of surveying colleges, but it was Depauw. BTW, I ended up at Wofford in South Carolina. -BEC