Ethics in Public Life - Good Practitioners in a Rising Asia

"This book ... is a set of case studies, relating and reflecting on the stories of specific practitioners, in identified Asian contexts, struggling to act purposefully and conscientiously within their spheres of work, to meet their professional duties asthey understand them. Through careful examination of these selected cases, we can learn a great deal about the kinds of moral competence practitioners require in order to act effectively and well in public life"--

List of contents

Introduction 1. A Gift of Life: Developing a Framework for Ethics 2. The Prison Master's Dilemma: Ethics in a Non-Ideal World 3. Missionaries in China: The Ethics of Exporting Ethics Addendum: Exporting the Rule of Law to China 4. The Woman in the Corridor: Caring Across Boundaries 5. By the people: Becoming a Practitioner of Democracy Conclusion: Moral Competence in Public Life.       

About the author

Kenneth Winston is Lecturer in Ethics at the Harvard Kennedy School, USA, where he teaches practical and professional ethics.

Summary

The topic of moral competence is generally neglected in the study of public management and policy, yet it is critical to any hope we might have for strengthening the quality of governance and professional practice.

Report

"Here, Winston examines the impact that 'a rising Asia' could have on global concepts of public ethics. ... For specialists in the political art of practical reasoning, as Winston is, Ethics in Public Life presents a wide variety of fascinating examples of practical reasoning by Asian governance practitioners. ... He provides a challenging restatement about global values in public ethics, with more than a hint of criticism of U.S. practices of good governance." (John Uhr, Political Theory, Vol. 14 (1), March, 2016)

Product details

• Authors: K Winston, K. Winston, Kenneth Winston
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 18.03.2015
• EAN: 9781137492043
• ISBN: 978-1-137-49204-3
• No. of pages: 271
• Series: Asia Today; Asia Today
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Political science; Soziologie, B, Gesellschaft und Sozialwissenschaften, Sociology, Society, Ethics, Society & social sciences, Political Science, Political Philosophy, Social Sciences, Social & political philosophy, Ethics & moral philosophy, Social Sciences, general, Social Philosophy, Moral Philosophy and Applied Ethics, Social sciences—Philosophy, Palgrave Intern. Relations & Development Collection, Moral Philosophy