From rationality to reasonableness in environmental administration
Moving beyond proverbs
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23237367 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Robert V Bartlett (Purdue University West Lafayette), Walter F Baber (University of San Diego) |
| Year | 1999 |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 55-67 |
| Publication date | 1999-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Management History (Archive) (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1355-252X • E-ISSN: 1758-776X |
| Publisher | Emerald (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1108/13552529910260073 |
| OpenAlex | W1561222805 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 21 |
The administrative state is situated in a physical and ecological context that requires a conceptualisation of rationality broader than the instrumental rationality that characterizes most administrative theorising. Various scholars have contributed to clarifying some aspects of the needed broader conceptualisation, particularly with respect to focuses (system, substance, procedure) and form (social, legal, political, and ecological). But unlike the classical Aristotelian conception of rationality, the goal‐blindness of contemporary rationality still distinguishes it from reasonableness. Rawls and Habermas suggest the recoupling of reasonableness and rationality through political discourse and pursuit of social action that requires reasoning about ends as well as means. The opportunities for deliberative democracy and for furthering environmental justice provided by environmental impact assessment illustrate how rationality, justice, and ecological sustainability can be integrated by breaking down distinctions between decision‐making processes and the substance of decisions. Administration can thus move beyond proverbs to proceed on the realization that the only ecologically rational organization is a broadly reasonable one.
Context (archaeology) · Democracy · Ecological rationality · Economic Justice · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Political science · Politics · Rationality · Situated · Sociology · Climate Change and Geoengineering · Computer Science · Law · Philosophy · Political Philosophy and Ethics · Risk Perception and Management
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| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0,14 |
| Citation span | 2004 - 2016 (13) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |