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This title in other formats:Restoring Responsibility: Ethics in Government, Business and Healthcareby Dennis F. Thompson
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:Dennis Thompson argues for a more robust conception of responsibility in public life than prevails in contemporary democracies. Thompson suggests that we stop thinking about public ethics in terms of individual vices (such as selfishness or sexual misconduct) and start thinking about it in terms of institutional vices (such as abuse of power and lack of accountability). Book News Annotation:Thompson (political philosophy, Harvard U.) argues for thinking of
public ethics on the institutional level, such as in considerations
of the proper use of power and accountability, rather than
concentrating on individual vices. He addresses the demands of
institutional politics, such as the problem of collective actions for
which an individual is responsible, examines institutional failures
in terms of secrecy, corruption, and failed elections, and analyzes
extensions of institutional responsibility to medical and business
ethics. He shows that taking an institutional approach significantly
alters questions of ethics, especially when applied at the global
level.
Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) Book News Annotation:Thompson (political philosophy, Harvard U.) argues for thinking of
public ethics on the institutional level, such as in considerations
of the proper use of power and accountability, rather than
concentrating on individual vices. He addresses the demands of
institutional politics, such as the problem of collective actions for
which an individual is responsible, examines institutional failures
in terms of secrecy, corruption, and failed elections, and analyzes
extensions of institutional responsibility to medical and business
ethics. He shows that taking an institutional approach significantly
alters questions of ethics, especially when applied at the global
level.
Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) Review:"...This fine volume presents the problems and offers worthwhile and insightful suggestions. Highly recommended." CHOICE May 2005 Synopsis:In this important collection Thompson argues for a more robust conception of responsibility in public life than prevails in contemporary democracies. He suggests that we should stop thinking so much about public ethics in terms of individual vices and start thinking about it more in terms of institutional vices. Synopsis:Argues for a more robust conception of responsibility in public life than prevails in contemporary democracies. About the AuthorDennis F. Thompson is Alfred North Whitehead Professor of Political Philosophy and Professor of Government in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, and Professor of Public Policy in the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. Table of ContentsIntroduction; Part I. Demands of Institutional Politics: 1. The moral responsibility of public officials: the problem of many hands; 2. Ascribing responsibility to advisers in government; 3. Bureaucracy and democracy; 4. Judicial responsibility: the problem of many minds; 5. Representatives in the welfare state; Part II. Varieties of Institutional Failure: 6. Democratic secrecy: the dilemma of accountability; 7. Mediated corruption: the case of the Keating Five; 8. Election time: normative implications of temporal properties of the electoral process in the US; 9. Hypocrisy and democracy; 10. Private life and public office; Part III. Extensions of Institutional Responsibility: 11. Restoring distrust: the ethics of oversight; 12. The institutional turn in professional ethics; 13. Hospital ethics; 14. Understanding financial conflicts of interest in medicine; 15. The privatization of business ethics; 16. Democratic theory and global society.
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