Common ground, common future : moral agency in public administration, professions, and citizenship

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Common ground, common future : moral agency in public administration, professions, and citizenship

Charles Garofalo, Dean Geuras

(Public administration and public policy, 115)

Taylor & Francis, 2006

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"A CRC Press book"--Back cover

Includes bibliographical references and index

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Common Ground, Common Future: Moral Agency in Public Administration, Professions, and Citizenship examines the public and private roles of the citizen as a moral agent. The authors define this agent as a person who recognizes morality as a motive for action, and not only follows moral principles but also acknowledges morality as his or her principal. The book explains that public administration is a fundamentally moral enterprise that exists to serve the values that society considers significant, and that this moral nature makes public administration a prototype for other professions to emulate, a model of moral governance in American society. The title reflects the book's principal purpose and abiding hope: the development of a broad perspective on our individual and collective roles and responsibilities as citizens, professionals, and moral beings, with a recognition of mutual obligations to the large and small challenges inherent in the process of governance.

Table of Contents

The Moral Agent, Moral Organization, and the Public Administrator. Moral Agency in the Public Sector. Ethical Breakdowns in Public Administration. Ethics in Business. Managed Care. The Legal Profession. Higher Education. Unifying Ethical Theory. Applying the Unified Ethic to Moral Agency. The Public Agent as Exemplar for the Private Professional: A Dialogue. Common Ground, Common Future.

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