Genealogy and the Governance of Self and Others

Teaching Administrative Ethics Using Administrative Law Cases

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ID12450708
AuthorsLouis E Howe (University of West Georgia, corresponding author)
Year2014
Volume36
Issue2
Pages219-239
Publication date2014-06-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAdministrative Theory & Praxis (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1084-1806 • E-ISSN: 1949-0461
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.2753/atp1084-1806360204
OpenAlexW2274891491
LanguageEN
References cited13

This paper explores the use of genealogical readings of administrative law cases as a practice of ethical education in public administration. The proposed approach draws on John Rohr's use of court cases as a teaching method in public administration and Michel Foucault's exploration, in his last three lecture courses, of Greek and Roman practices of parrhesia, or free-spokenness. Rohr argued that the interlocutory treatment of court cases cultivated reflective care for public things rather than simple rule-following. Thus, the study of court cases became what Foucault would call a technique of care for oneself and others, or literally a government of self and others. Following Foucault, I make two amendments to Rohr's scheme. First, rather than study the progress and continuity of rights, I emphasize discontinuous regimes of truth-telling. Second, I substitute genealogical methods for jurisprudential ones. This requires a shift in perspective best teased out by exploring the techniques by which ancient philosophy taught those who governed others first of all to govern themselves

Corporate governance · Epistemology · Government (linguistics · Interlocutory · Management · Perspective (graphical · Political science · Self-governance · Simple (philosophy · Sociology · Foucault, Power, and Ethics · Law · Law in Society and Culture · Legal Education and Practice Innovations · Mathematics · Philosophy

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