The Resurrection of Virtue Ethics in Public Administration
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Dec 24, 2018
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Ethics Virtue Ethics Public Administration Resurrection
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In this study, the main objective is to conceptual review about the resurrection of virtue ethics in public administration. Methodology used in the study is documentary research, focusing on books, articles, and websites. The findings found that, there are six key scholars who propose or support the concepts of virtue ethics in public administration. They are (1) Elizabeth Anscombe, (2) Bernard Williams, (3) Alasdair MacIntyre, (4) Terry Cooper, (5) David Hart, and (6) Carol Gilligan. The main points that these academicians propose are there should be bring virtue ethics; originated by Aristotle, Greek philosopher; back to public administration. The sages in this group believe that virtue-based ethics more suitable on public administration than rule-based and result-based ethics.
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ส่งกลิ่น ป. (2018). The Resurrection of Virtue Ethics in Public Administration. Journal of Politics and Governance, 8(3), 169–191. Retrieved from https://so03.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/jopag/article/view/162258
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(July/August), pp. 320-328.
________. (2001). The Emergence of Administrative Ethics as a Field of Study in the United State in T.L. Cooper, ed. Handbook of Administrative Ethics.
New York: Marcel Dekker, Inc.
________. (2004). Big Question in Administrative Ethics: A Need for Focused, Collaborative Effort. Public Administration Review. 64(4), (July/August).
Cooper, T.L. and Wright, N.D. (1992). Exemplary Public Administrators: Character And Leadership in Government. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
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http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/anscombe/.
Hart, D.K. (1984). The Virtuous Citizen, the Honorable Bureaucrat, and “Public” Administration. Public Administration Review. (March), pp. 111-120.
________. (1989). A Partnership in Virtue Among All Citizens: The Public Service and Civic Humanism. Public Administration Review. (March/April), pp. 101-105.
________. (2001 A). Administration and the Ethics of Virtue: In All Things, Choose First for Good Character and Then for Technical Expertise in T.L. Cooper, ed.
Handbook of Administrative Ethics. New York: Marcel Dekker, Inc. Hart, D.K. (2001 B). Dream of What We Could Be: The Founding Values, the Oath,
and Homo Virtutis Americaus in T.L. Cooper, ed. Handbook of Administrative Ethics. New York: Marcel Dekker, Inc.
Hejka-Ekins, A. (2001). Ethics in In-service Training in T.L. Cooper, ed. Handbook of Administrative Ethics. New York: Marcel Dekker, Inc.
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Koven, S.G. (2015). Public Sector Ethics: Theory and Applications. London: CRC Press..
Lawton, A.; Rayner, J.; and Lasthuizen, K. (2013). Ethics and Management in the Public Sector. London: Routledge.
Luke, J.S. and Hart, D.W. (2001). Character and Conduct in the Public Service: A Review of Historical Perspectives in T.L. Cooper, ed. Handbook of
Administrative Ethics. New York: Marcel Dekker, Inc.
MacIntyre, A. (2002). Dependent Rational Animals: Why Human Beings Need the Virtues. Illinois: Carus Publishing Company.
________. (2007). After Virtue: A Study in Moral Theory. Indiana: University of Notre Dame Press.
Moore, G. (2008). Re-Imagining the Morality of Management: A Modern Virtue Ethics Approach. Business Ethics Quarterly. 18(4), pp. 483-511.
Richter. D. (2017). G. E. M. Anscombe in Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Available April 23, 2017, from http://www.iep.utm.edu/anscombe/.
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Wittmer, D.P. (2001). Ethical Decision-Making in T.L. Cooper, ed. Handbook of Administrative Ethics. New York: Marcel Dekker, Inc.