Theoretical Foundations of Ethics in Public Administration
Approaches to Understanding Moral Action
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8107722 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Debra W Stewart (North Carolina State University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1991 |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 357-373 |
| Publication date | 1991-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Administration & Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0095-3997 • E-ISSN: 1552-3039 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/009539979102300305 |
| OpenAlex | W2038078031 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 13 |
Ethical action in public administration needs to be informed by more than human intuitions. To make correct intuitive judgments about right and wrong, decision makers can be guided by moral philosophy. The works of three philosophers, R. M. Hare, John Rawls, and A lasdair Macintyre, are considered in this regard; the strengths and weaknesses of each, as applied to public administration, are assessed. Implications for scholarship and teaching in administrative ethics are considered
Action (physics · Administration (probate law · Epistemology · Moral philosophy · Political science · Scholarship · Sociology · Strengths and weaknesses · Hannah Arendt's Political Philosophy · Philosophical Ethics and Theory · Political Philosophy and Ethics · Law · Philosophy · Public Administration
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Ethics and the Chimera of Professionalism
The Intellectual Crisis in Public Administration in the Current Epoch of Privatization
Care, Justice, and Public Administration
Ethics Management in Municipal Governments and Large Firms
Big Questions in Administrative Ethics
Toward a New Administrative Ethic
The Moral Manager
Moral Thinking
After Virtue
A Theory of Justice
Reason and Feeling in Thinking about Justice
Limitations of ethical reasoning as an action (praxis) strategy
The Problem of Moral Reasoning in American Public Administration
Hierarchy, Virtue, and the Practice of Public Administration
Ethics in Government
An Examination of the Place of Reason in Ethics
| Unique citing works | 8 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,24 |
| Citation span | 1993 - 2024 (32) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |