Screen LibraryEthics in public life : good practitioners in a rising Asia /
"This book ... is a set of case studies, relating and reflecting on the stories of specific practitioners, in identified Asian contexts, struggling to act purposefully and conscientiously within their spheres of work, to meet their professional duties as they understand them. Through careful ex...
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Palgrave Macmillan,
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| Publisher Address: | New York, NY : |
| Publication Dates: | 2015. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Asia today
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| Summary: |
"This book ... is a set of case studies, relating and reflecting on the stories of specific practitioners, in identified Asian contexts, struggling to act purposefully and conscientiously within their spheres of work, to meet their professional duties as they understand them. Through careful examination of these selected cases, we can learn a great deal about the kinds of moral competence practitioners require in order to act effectively and well in public life"-- |
| Carrier Form: | x, 261 pages ; 22 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes index. |
| ISBN: |
9781137492043 : 113749204X |
| Index Number: | BJ1725 |
| CLC: | B822.9 |
| Call Number: | B822.9/W783 |
| Contents: | A gift of life: developing a framework for ethics -- The prison master's dilemma: ethics in a non-ideal world -- Missionaries in China: the ethics of exporting ethics -- Addendum: Exporting the rule of law to China -- The woman in the corridor: caring across boundaries -- By the people: becoming a practitioner of democracy -- Moral competence in public life. |