Why policy analysis and ethics are incompatible
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11680311 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Douglas J Amy (Mount Holyoke College, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1984 |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 573-591 |
| Publication date | 1984-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Policy Analysis and Management (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0276-8739 • E-ISSN: 1520-6688 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/pam.4050030407 |
| OpenAlex | W2106789503 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 25 |
Commentators in the field of policy analysis have argued persuasively for the inclusion of ethical evaluations in the analytic process, yet most practitioners in the policy field avoid analyzing moral issues. Standard explanations for this neglect of ethics tend to be inadequate; assertions that normative analysis is unnecessary, impractical, impossible, or undesirable are demonstrably weak. Political factors, on the other hand, provide a clearer understanding of the neglect of ethics. Ethical inquiry is shunned because it frequently threatens the professional and political interests of both analysts and policymakers. The administrator, the legislator, the bureaucracy, and the profession of policy analysis itself all resist the potential challenges of moral evaluation
Bureaucracy · Economics · Field (mathematics · Inclusion (mineral · Law and economics · Legislation · Legislator · Neglect · Normative · Normative ethics · Policy analysis · Political science · Politics · Positive economics · Social science · Sociology · Evaluation and Performance Assessment · Law · Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 25 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,61 |
| Citation span | 1985 - 2025 (41) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 25 |