Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences: On a Positive Sense of Arthur Schopenhauer’s Pessimism Applied to Strategic Management

Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences / On a Positive Sense of Arthur Schopenhauer’s Pessimism Applied to Strategic Management

Issue: Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences. 2015 8 (6)
Authors: Trotsak, Alexey I.
Contact information: Trotsak, Alexey I.:The Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University 14 Nevskogo, Kaliningrad, 236041, Russia; E-mail:
Keywords: pessimism; strategic management; ethics; casuistic situation; Schopenhauer
Abstract: Some philosophers understand the pessimistic model of Schopenhauer like finished product. Pessimistic ideas, issued from the Plato and Buddhism, have been transformed by Schopenhauer in the full-fledged vision of World and human moral. However, this phenomenon or paradigm ought to be not only negative sense, but new positive concerning of pessimism in the strategic management in nowadays economy. That is why this article deals with the attempt of practical adaptation of the system pessimism by A. Schopenhauer as positive model: cautious strategy of behavior. It is used an analogy and the principle of ”Maximin”, which is spread on strategic management. The result of such interpretation can also be applied to social sciences and interdisciplinary researches
Pages: 1290-129
Paper at repository of SibFU: https://elib.sfu-kras.ru/handle/2311/19645