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D. Don Welch - A Guide to Ethics and Public Policy: Finding Our Way - 9781138013797 - V9781138013797
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A Guide to Ethics and Public Policy: Finding Our Way

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Description for A Guide to Ethics and Public Policy: Finding Our Way Paperback. Num Pages: 168 pages, 1 black & white tables. BIC Classification: JFM; JPP; JPQB; KJVN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 252.

Developed by D. Don Welch during his 28 years of teaching ethics and public policy, the rationale behind A Guide to Ethics and Public Policy is to present a comprehensive guide for making policy judgments. Rather than present specific cases that raise moral issues or discuss the role a few concepts play in the moral analysis of policy, this book instead provides a broad framework for the moral evaluation of public policies and policy proposals. This framework is organized around guiding five principles: benefit, effectiveness, fairness, fidelity, and legitimacy. These principles identify the factors that should be taken into account ... Read more

A Guide to Ethics and Public Policy outlines a comprehensive ethical framework, provides content to the meaning of the five principles that comprise that framework through the use of illustrations and examples, and offers guidance about how to navigate one’s way through the conflicts and dilemmas that inevitably result from a serious effort to analyze policies.

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Product Details

Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Number of Pages
156
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781138013797
SKU
V9781138013797
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99-2

About D. Don Welch
D. Don Welch was Associate Dean and Professor of Law and Religion at Vanderbilt University Law School from 1984 to 2012. His book grows out of a career divided between law and ethics, especially in the experiences of 28 years of teaching law students, followed by service on the staff of St. Augustine’s Chapel at Vanderbilt.

Reviews for A Guide to Ethics and Public Policy: Finding Our Way
"Welch’s superb book should be required reading for politicians, policy makers, and the public. Smart and sensible, Welch dials down the rhetoric and turns up the intellect in helping us think through the most important moral concerns in public policy." —Mark Rom, Georgetown University"The ethical and legal implications of public administration are explained clearly and accessibly by D. Don Welch. ... Read more

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