A Review of Ethics of Public Administration

Kemi Anthony Emina

doi:10.26858/pdr.v1i1.13626

A Review of Ethics of Public Administration

Kemi Anthony Emina^(1*),

(1) Department of Religious Studies and Philosophy, Delta State University.
(*) Corresponding Author

DOI: https://doi.org/10.26858/pdr.v1i1.13626

Abstract

This work attempt to apply ethics to the field of administration. Philosophy, when analysed for its social nature have the potential of shaping the foundation of social nature and forming a more rational outcome. However, much as been said on the ethics of public administration, this work joins the discussion by analyzing several philosophical arguments concerning the ethics of public administration. This work restricts its scope to the application of the standard normative theories which has been advocated by a selected number of philosophers which this work holds in esteem. This research was carried out with the philosophical method of textual analysis.

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