For undergraduate courses in public policy.
This text presents three systematic methods for analyzing public policy issues: utilitarianism, deontology, and prudent pragmatism. It argues for the superiority of prudent pragmatism to the other two approaches. These are described in Part One, together with substantive American values which form the assumptons of ethical analysis. Part Two contains an historical discussion of six public policy areas and presents two detailed case studies in each area. Each case is analysed from the standpoint of utilitarian, deontological, and prudent pragmatic ethics, and an effort is made to show why prudent pragmatism produces the most satisfying results
- ISBN10 0131893432
- ISBN13 9780131893436
- Publish Date 4 October 2006
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 25 May 2007
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Pearson
- Format Paperback
- Pages 400
- Language English