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Ethics in Public Life: Good Practitioners in a Rising Asia (Asia Today)
Kenneth Winston
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Description for Ethics in Public Life: Good Practitioners in a Rising Asia (Asia Today)
Hardcover. Through case studies set in different Asian countries, this book examines the efforts of public practitioners to develop the skills they need to act effectively and well in public life. In a time of evolving moral identity, Asian countries face laboratories of political transformation, with lessons for democratic practitioners everywhere. Series: Asia Today. Num Pages: 271 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1F; JFM; JK; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 148 x 22. Weight in Grams: 474.
The topic of moral competence is generally neglected in the study of public management and policy, yet it is critical to any hope we might have for strengthening the quality of governance and professional practice. What does moral competence consist in? How is it developed and sustained? These questions are addressed in this book through close examination of selected practitioners in Asian countries making life-defining decisions in their work. The protagonists include a doctor in Singapore, a political activist in India, a mid-level bureaucrat in central Asia, a religious missionary in China, and a journalist in Cambodia—each struggling with ethical ... Read more
The topic of moral competence is generally neglected in the study of public management and policy, yet it is critical to any hope we might have for strengthening the quality of governance and professional practice. What does moral competence consist in? How is it developed and sustained? These questions are addressed in this book through close examination of selected practitioners in Asian countries making life-defining decisions in their work. The protagonists include a doctor in Singapore, a political activist in India, a mid-level bureaucrat in central Asia, a religious missionary in China, and a journalist in Cambodia—each struggling with ethical ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
Series
Asia Today
Number of Pages
261
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137492043
SKU
V9781137492043
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-15
About Kenneth Winston
Kenneth Winston is Lecturer in Ethics at the Harvard Kennedy School, USA, where he teaches practical and professional ethics.
Reviews for Ethics in Public Life: Good Practitioners in a Rising Asia (Asia Today)
“Here, Winston examines the impact that ‘a rising Asia’ could have on global concepts of public ethics. … For specialists in the political art of practical reasoning, as Winston is, Ethics in Public Life presents a wide variety of fascinating examples of practical reasoning by Asian governance practitioners. … He provides a challenging restatement about global values in public ethics, ... Read more