The ethics of governance : moral limits of policy decisions / Shashi Motilal, Keya Maitra, Prakriti Prajapati.
Motilal, Shashi, author.; Maitra, Keya, author.; Prajapati, Prakriti, author.
2021
JA79 .M67 2021eb
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Title The ethics of governance : moral limits of policy decisions / Shashi Motilal, Keya Maitra, Prakriti Prajapati.
Author Motilal, Shashi, author.
ISBN 9789811640438 (electronic bk.)
9811640432 (electronic bk.)
9811640424
9789811640421
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-4043-8
Published Singapore : Springer, 2021.
Copyright ©2021
Language English
Description 1 online resource (xvii, 221 pages : illustrations (some color), color map, tables)
Item Number 10.1007/978-981-16-4043-8 doi
Call Number JA79 .M67 2021eb
Dewey Decimal Classification 172
Summary The Ethics of Governance: Moral Limits of Policy Decisions offers a toolbox drawn from normative ethics which finds applications in public governance, primarily focusing on policy making and executive action. It includes ethical concepts and principles culled from different philosophical traditions, ranging from more familiar Western theories to non-Western ethical perspectives, thereby providing a truly global, decolonized and expanded normative lens on issues of governance. The book takes a unique and original approach; it demonstrates the use of the ethical toolbox in the context of actual examples of governance challenges. Taking three major case studies each representing an aspect of human-human and/or human-nature and/or human-animal relationship, the book attempts to show the significance of public practical reasoning in policy decisions with the aim of arriving at reasonable responses. Acknowledging the challenges that policy makers often face, the book highlights the fact that policy making is hardly an exercise yielding a black-or-white solution; rather it involves finding the most reasonable normative outcome (course of action) in a given situation, especially employing an expanded understanding of values including well-being, sustainability, interdependence and community. This effort that helps bridge the gap between ethical theorists and policy practitioners exemplifies the necessary role of engaged philosophy in public governance. In the major case studies, Boxes offer facts and figures along with pertinent ethical questions that have been raised and discussed. Aiming to aid the engagement of a diverse audience including non-philosophy readers, each chapter also includes Boxes containing examples, shorter case studies, at-a-glance charts, and tables with comprehensive ethical tools for a quick recap.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Source of Description Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed September 24, 2021).
Added Author Maitra, Keya, author.
Prajapati, Prakriti, author.
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Introduction
The Role of Public Practical Reasoning in Good Governance
Introducing the Cases
Western Consequence-Based Ethics: Cost Versus Benefits
Principle-Based Ethics: Means Versus Ends
Human well-being: moving beyond social welfare and human rights
Care, community, compassion and virtue: decolonizing our moral landscape
Revisiting the cases: the ethical toolbox in praxis
Conclusion: ethics of governance: moral limits of policy decisions.

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