CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION Names | Country/Date/Era | Theory/Definition/Statement | 1-Aristotle | Greek/384 BC –322/Ancient philosophy | He was of the approach that administering society’s public decision and allocating its public resources. The approach recognizes the ambiguity of administrative discretion and the fact that administrators depend on substantive norms (values) to guide their interpretation of law and their allocation of resources. | 2-John Locke | England
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Thucydides Versus Plato: Differing Views of the Good Life What is the true nature of the Good Life? Is it living life with concern for only oneself despite the possible consequences of one’s action on others? Or might it involve self-sacrifice in effort to do what one feels is right or just? Is it descriptive‚ or perhaps prescriptive? Two prominent Greeks‚ Thucydides and Plato‚ began providing answers to these questions over 25 centuries ago as they analyzed and wrote critically about life’s
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amount‚ were also equal in quality. However‚ it is difficult to calculate an amount of happiness. Is the amount of happiness one receives from getting a promotion at McDonald’s the same as happiness one gets from graduating law school? So‚ John Stuart Mill‚ fellow philosopher and follower of Bentham’s utilitarian theory‚ believed that different pleasures have different values. To Mill‚ physical pleasures are valued less than pleasure that invigorate the mind. Thus‚ in the McDonald’s promotion
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Oak Trees versus Acorns: Which is better? It has been argued for centuries now‚ that people do not grow their full human potential‚ largely because they do not participate in a reasonably sophisticated refinement . John Stuart Mill‚ in his book Utilitarianism‚ claims that "It is better to be a human being dissatisfied than a pig satisfied" [Mill JS: 1863]. This essay will show that the advantages of being a "human dissatisfied" are better than those of a "pig satisfied". But before this can be proven
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David Beckam Dropbox 4 Business Ethics A Utilitarian Argument in the Ford Pinto Case In 1971 Ford Motor Company decided they wanted to create a compact car that could compete with the other Japanese manufactured cars. It rushed from its inception to its actual production. In the end‚ these cars proved to be one of the most dangerous ever produced because of their extreme flammability in instance of rear impact collision. The decision by Ford to not recall any of its cars‚ and not fix
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survived the daily grind. A poor worker encouraged to come forward‚ complained‚ and took a stand to oppose inadequate capitalism‚ and also woman fought against injustice in order to claim rights as men. These were shape of Europe in 1800s. In 1806‚ John Stuart Mill was born in Pentonville‚ then a suburb of London. He was a son of James Mill‚ who became leading figure in the group of philosophical radicals and Jeremy Bentham’s discipline and friend. Mill co-wrote “On liberty” with his wife‚ Helen Taylor
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3.3.3 Individual assignment 3: case: “Unreliable”Table of contents: Phase 1‚2‚3 of the ethical cycle: Moral problem statement Problem analysis Options for action Phase 4 of the ethical cycle: Intuition Utilitarianism Bentham Mill Kantiism Deontology (Kant) Description of the case: “Marta Malasobras is unreliable” Marta Malasobras is unreliable. She has arrived late to work almost every day. Her co-workers are quite angry about this and discuss their
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American society statues and laws are placed before us to set a standard of morality and justice. But what truly determines whether an action is moral or immoral? As I analyze the works of Jeremy Bentham‚ in his "Principle of Utility‚" Alongside John Stuart Mill‚ on "Utilitarianism‚" we will better understand what the foundations of morality are in accordance to their writings. Furthermore‚ through their standards of utility I will analyze the situation proposed as to whether cheating on your income
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On the Catalyst of Change: Vital Individualism against the Conformity of Public Opinion John Stuart Mill’s essay On Liberty published in 1859 is a powerful defense of human liberty and individualism against the perverse mechanizing nature of traditional customs as well as the tyranny of public opinion. In the essay‚ Mill proposes that individuals take the road less taken in a strategic manner which uses their reasoning to choose and deliberate the best decision to act upon. On Liberty to a degree
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Mardy Salinas Professor DeAnna Skedel Art 108-Survey of Art 20 October 2011 Formal Analysis of Hôtel de France by Stuart Davis When I first saw the painting‚ Hôtel de France‚ painted by Stuart Davis‚ I thought that was just an ordinary painting of a building and a street that is pretty‚ especially in a way that looks old-fashioned. I had to come to realize that the painting was painted from what the painter sees from the scene. The painting is a picture of a four-story building of the hotel
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