This book recovers Aristotle's understanding of the roles of rhetoric and prudence in public leadership, comparing it to the other major political theories of leadership: utilitarianism, as advocated by J.S. Mill, and duty-ethics, as advocated by Immanuel Kant.
| Autor: | Uhr, J. |
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| ISBN: | 9781137506481 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Produktart: | Gebunden |
| Verlag: | Springer Nature EN |
| Veröffentlicht: | 09.07.2015 |
| Untertitel: | Promoting Ethics in Public Policy and Administration |
| Schlagworte: | B Ethics Ethics & moral philosophy Moral Philosophy Moral Philosophy and Applied Ethics Palgrave Political Science Collection Political Philosophy Political Science Social & political philosophy Social Philosophy Social Sciences Social Sciences, general Social sciences—Philosophy Society Society & social sciences Sociology |
John Uhr is Professor of Political Science at the Australian National University. He has been the head of the University's Policy and Governance Program, directing the masters of public policy and administration degrees. He is now Head of the Centre for the Study of Australian Politics, teaching political theory and comparative politics. His recent books include Studies in Australian Political Rhetoric (2014), How Power Changes Hands (2011), Public Leadership (2008), Terms of Trust (2005), and Deliberative Democracy in Australia (1998).