Just Results: Ethical Foundations for Policy Analysis
Ralph D. Ellis
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Description for Just Results: Ethical Foundations for Policy Analysis
paperback. Provides an authoritative solution to one of the major problems in the field of public policy. By introducing a justice factor - a quantitative measure for social values - this title opens the door for more balanced policy decisions. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; JPH; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 340.
In "Just Results", Ralph E. Ellis provides an authoritative solution to one of the major problems in the field of public policy. Until now, analysts and planners have had no practical or accurate means of incorporating qualitative social concerns into the traditional quantitative formulas used in policymaking. By introducing a justice factor - a quantitative measure for social values - Ellis opens the door for more balanced policy decisions. Using concrete, real-world examples, Ellis shows how policy analysts can better account for the use value - or practical measurable utility - of universally agreed-upon social benefits such as life, health, ... Read more
In "Just Results", Ralph E. Ellis provides an authoritative solution to one of the major problems in the field of public policy. Until now, analysts and planners have had no practical or accurate means of incorporating qualitative social concerns into the traditional quantitative formulas used in policymaking. By introducing a justice factor - a quantitative measure for social values - Ellis opens the door for more balanced policy decisions. Using concrete, real-world examples, Ellis shows how policy analysts can better account for the use value - or practical measurable utility - of universally agreed-upon social benefits such as life, health, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Georgetown University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Washington, DC, United States
ISBN
9780878406678
SKU
V9780878406678
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99-11
Reviews for Just Results: Ethical Foundations for Policy Analysis
In this creative and ambitious study, Ellis seeks to reconcile the considerations of justice ... and utility... This is a vigorously transdisciplinary work that speaks to specialists in a range of fields, including applied ethics, moral and political philosophy, risk analysis, and legal history. Religious Studies Review