Title: Ethical dilemmas and the education of policymakers /
Authors: Fleishman, Joel L.; Payne, Bruce L.,; Payne, Bruce L.,
Date: 1980
Publisher: Hastings Center, Institute of Society, Ethics, and the Life Sciences,
Physical description: xii, 76 p. ; 23 cm.
Language: English
LC classification: J
Contents: I. Ethics in the policy curriculum : Ethics and the study of public policy ; Obstacles -- II. Recommendations : Courses ; Objectives ; Faculty -- III. Ethical problems of policymaking : A. Dilemmas of responsibility : 1. Conceptions of the public interest ; 2. Procedural obligations and the public good : Deception ; Leaks ; Insubordination ; Official lawbreaking. 3. Democracy and obligation : Representation ; Administrative discretion. 4. Public duty, personal morality, and private interest : Public goods and moral duties ; Disagreement ; Corruption. B. Dilemmas of choice : 1. Issues : Environmental values ; Extreme circumstances ; Life and death. 2. Principles : Justice ; Utility ; Community. 3. The uses of theory.
Subject headings (LCSH): Political ethics--Study and teaching (Higher)--United States.