Ethics in Public Administration: Theoretical Foundation

Abstract

The main purpose in this article is to study the theoretical foundation of ethics in public administration.Methodology used in the study is a documentary research.The study found that there are three main groups of the theoretical foundation of ethics in public administration: ( 1) Rule-based ethics, based on rules and duties, proposed and supported by key philosophers or scholars: Immanuel Kant, John Rohr, John Rawls, Robert Nozick, Gerald Pops and Thomas Povlak.(2) Result-based ethics, based on maximizing utility, proposed and supported by major philosophers or scholars: Jeremy Bentham, John Stuart Mill, and Vincent Ostrom.(3) Virtue-based ethics, based on good characteristics, proposed and supported by main philosophers or scholars: Aristotle, Alasdair MacIntyre, Terry Cooper, and David K. Hart.In this paper, the author has suggested that virtue-based ethics approaches more reasonable for public administration than rule-based and result-based ethics approaches.

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