The ethics of governance : moral limits of policy decisions /
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| Author / Creator: | Motilal, Shashi. |
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| Imprint: | Singapore : Springer, 2021. |
| Description: | 1 online resource ( 234 p.) |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12630214 |
Table of Contents:
- Intro
- Foreword
- Preface
- Contents
- About the Authors
- 1 Introduction
- 1.1 Normative Ethics and Applied Ethics
- 1.2 Ethics in Governance or Ethics and Governance?
- 1.3 Role of Ethics in Governance: Mapping the Relation Between the Two
- 1.4 About the Book: Scope and Overview
- 1.5 Methodology
- 1.6 Chapter Summaries
- References
- 2 The Role of Public Practical Reasoning in Good Governance
- 2.1 Introduction
- 2.2 Why have a government?
- 2.3 Difference Between Government and Governance
- 2.3.1 Principles of Good Governance in a Democracy
- 2.4 Justice as a Normative Value of Good Governance
- 2.5 The Role of Public Reason in a Democracy
- 2.6 The Role of Public Practical Reasoning in Good Governance: Rational Versus Reasonable
- 2.7 Social Choice Theory and Its Framework for Governance
- 2.8 Major Western Ethical Frameworks and Concepts
- 2.8.1 Consequences Versus The Principles Paradigm
- 2.8.2 The Good or the Right Act
- 2.9 Alternate Ethical Frameworks
- 2.9.1 The Good and the Right Act: The Idea of Dharma
- 2.9.2 Care, Capability and the Virtue Ethics Approach
- 2.9.3 Interdependence, Compassion and Ubuntu
- 2.10 Models of Governance Based on Different Ethical Frameworks
- 2.11 What is a Public Policy?
- 2.11.1 Steps in Framing a Public Policy, and the Significance and Limits of Its Normative Content
- 2.11.2 Limits to Ethics in the Domain of Public Policy
- References
- 3 Introducing the Cases
- 3.1 Introduction
- 3.2 Case I: The Sardar Sarovar Project
- 3.2.1 The Project
- 3.2.2 Timeline of the Project
- 3.2.3 Sustainable Development: A Few Core Values to Consider
- 3.2.4 Ethical Considerations in the SSP
- 3.3 Case II: Animal Experimentation in India
- 3.4 Case III: Reservation Policy in India
- 3.4.1 A Brief History of the Reservation System in India
- References
- 4 Western Consequence-Based Ethics: Cost Versus Benefits
- 4.1 Introduction
- 4.2 Anatomy of a Cost-Benefit Analysis Approach
- 4.3 From the Cost-Benefit Analysis to Consequentialism
- 4.3.1 Utilitarianism: The Principle of Utility and the Greatest Happiness Principle
- 4.3.2 Prominent Utilitarian: Jeremy Bentham
- 4.3.3 Prominent Utilitarian: John Stuart Mill
- 4.3.4 Evaluating the Principle of Utility
- 4.4 Versions of Consequentialism: Utilitarianism and Beyond
- 4.5 Strength of Consequentialism
- 4.6 Objections to Consequentialism
- References
- 5 Principle-Based Ethics: Means Versus Ends
- 5.1 Introduction
- 5.2 Immanuel Kant: Consequences do not matter
- The Motive behind the action does!
- 5.2.1 Two Kinds of Motives/Intentions: Motives of Inclination Versus Motives of Duty
- 5.3 The Moral Law as the Source and Authority of Duty
- 5.4 Duty determined by the Two Formulations of the Moral Law
- 5.4.1 Examples of 'Duty' in Kant's Moral Philosophy
- 5.4.2 Can there be exceptions to performing the Moral Duty?
- 5.5 Human Dignity and Human Rights
