Summary Philosophy of Administration Studies
Inhoudsopgave
Lecture 1: Introduction............................................................................................................................ 4
Normative ethics ................................................................................................................................. 5
Meta-ethics ......................................................................................................................................... 6
Lecture 2: Freedom I ............................................................................................................................... 6
Berlin’s “Two Concepts of Liberty”...................................................................................................... 7
Three distinguishes.............................................................................................................................. 7
Formal vs effective freedom ........................................................................................................... 7
Freedom as: Doing what one wants vs. autonomy ......................................................................... 8
Protected from politics vs political participation ............................................................................ 9
Overview........................................................................................................................................ 10
Lecture 3: Freedom II ............................................................................................................................ 10
The harm principle ............................................................................................................................ 11
Paternalism........................................................................................................................................ 12
Le Grand & New ................................................................................................................................ 13
Reasoning Failures (Le Grand & New) ............................................................................................... 13
Paternalistic Policies (Sara Conly)...................................................................................................... 15
Tutorial 1 ............................................................................................................................................... 16
Disinformation and freedom of expression ...................................................................................... 16
Freedom of expression concerns .................................................................................................. 16
More over Mill’s argument ............................................................................................................... 18
4 arguments for freedom of expression (Mill) .............................................................................. 18
Limits on Free Expression .............................................................................................................. 19
Lecture 4: Justice I ................................................................................................................................. 19
Utilitarianism ..................................................................................................................................... 20
John Rawls: A Theory of Justice......................................................................................................... 21
Rawls’ Two Principles of Justice ........................................................................................................ 22
Why Rawls’ Two Principles? .............................................................................................................. 23
Lecture 5: Justice II ................................................................................................................................ 24
Critiques of Rawls .............................................................................................................................. 24
Libertarian Critique............................................................................................................................ 27
Lecture 6: Justice III ............................................................................................................................... 29
Nonrelationism .................................................................................................................................. 30
, Relationism ........................................................................................................................................ 30
Statism ........................................................................................................................................... 30
Globalism ....................................................................................................................................... 31
Social Connection – I. M. Young .................................................................................................... 31
Responsibility for Global Poverty ...................................................................................................... 32
Peter Singer: Duty to Assist ........................................................................................................... 32
Pogge: Duty not to Harm ............................................................................................................... 34
I.M. Young: Social Connection Model of Responsibility ................................................................ 35
Lecture 7: Equality I ............................................................................................................................... 36
Equality of what................................................................................................................................. 36
Equal treatment............................................................................................................................. 36
Equality of outcome ...................................................................................................................... 37
(Why) is equality valuable? ............................................................................................................... 37
Equality of opportunity ................................................................................................................. 38
Lecture 8: Equality II .............................................................................................................................. 40
Gender inequality .............................................................................................................................. 40
Strategies of justification............................................................................................................... 41
Gender ........................................................................................................................................... 41
Implicit bias ................................................................................................................................... 42
Insitutions ...................................................................................................................................... 43
Lecture 9: Morality and markets ........................................................................................................... 45
Discussion: rights, liberty and markets ............................................................................................. 47
Limits of the markets ..................................................................................................................... 47
Lecture 10: Trust and accountability ..................................................................................................... 49
What is trust? .................................................................................................................................... 49
Het verschil tussen trust en reliance............................................................................................. 50
Trust as self-interest ...................................................................................................................... 50
Trust as will based ......................................................................................................................... 50
Trust as commitment .................................................................................................................... 50
Trust and administration ................................................................................................................... 50
Discretion and accountability (in the welfare state) ......................................................................... 51
Two dimensions of discretionary power ....................................................................................... 52
Accountability ................................................................................................................................ 52
Lecture 11: Impartiality and integrity I .................................................................................................. 52
Why is impartiality important? ......................................................................................................... 53
Historic background .......................................................................................................................... 53
, Is impartiality possible? ..................................................................................................................... 54
Science and impartiality ................................................................................................................ 54
Is impartiality desirable? ................................................................................................................... 54
Thompson: three objections ......................................................................................................... 54
Impartiality as ideology? Karl Marx ............................................................................................... 55
Impartiality as ideology? Antonio Gramsci ................................................................................... 55
David Bromell: Impartiality as commitment ..................................................................................... 55
How to promote public sector ethics? .......................................................................................... 56
The need for moral competences ................................................................................................. 56
Thompson: impartiality and dissent .................................................................................................. 57
Potential criteria: ........................................................................................................................... 57
Lecture 12: Impartiality and integrity II ................................................................................................. 57
Forms of dissent in administration.................................................................................................... 57
Internal protest ............................................................................................................................. 57
External protest ............................................................................................................................. 58
Obstruction (overt, covert)............................................................................................................ 58
Eichmann in Jerusalem ...................................................................................................................... 59
Totalitarianism................................................................................................................................... 60
Administrative evil............................................................................................................................. 60
Three key features of administrative evil ...................................................................................... 61
Public ethics: evaluation.................................................................................................................... 61
Lecture 13: Finish last lecture (integrity)............................................................................................... 62
Integrity ............................................................................................................................................. 62
Three understandings of integrity ................................................................................................. 62
Critical Thinking ..................................................................................................................................... 65
Facts, Opinions & Knowledge ............................................................................................................ 65
Justified True Belief Theory (JTB Theory of Knowledge) ............................................................... 66
Justification........................................................................................................................................ 66
5 types of Justification ................................................................................................................... 66
Reasoning .......................................................................................................................................... 67
What is an argument? ................................................................................................................... 67
Reconstruction process ................................................................................................................. 67
What is a GOOD argument ............................................................................................................ 68
Statement types ............................................................................................................................ 69
Inhoudsopgave
Lecture 1: Introduction............................................................................................................................ 4
Normative ethics ................................................................................................................................. 5
Meta-ethics ......................................................................................................................................... 6
Lecture 2: Freedom I ............................................................................................................................... 6
Berlin’s “Two Concepts of Liberty”...................................................................................................... 7
Three distinguishes.............................................................................................................................. 7
Formal vs effective freedom ........................................................................................................... 7
Freedom as: Doing what one wants vs. autonomy ......................................................................... 8
Protected from politics vs political participation ............................................................................ 9
Overview........................................................................................................................................ 10
Lecture 3: Freedom II ............................................................................................................................ 10
The harm principle ............................................................................................................................ 11
Paternalism........................................................................................................................................ 12
Le Grand & New ................................................................................................................................ 13
Reasoning Failures (Le Grand & New) ............................................................................................... 13
Paternalistic Policies (Sara Conly)...................................................................................................... 15
Tutorial 1 ............................................................................................................................................... 16
Disinformation and freedom of expression ...................................................................................... 16
Freedom of expression concerns .................................................................................................. 16
More over Mill’s argument ............................................................................................................... 18
4 arguments for freedom of expression (Mill) .............................................................................. 18
Limits on Free Expression .............................................................................................................. 19
Lecture 4: Justice I ................................................................................................................................. 19
Utilitarianism ..................................................................................................................................... 20
John Rawls: A Theory of Justice......................................................................................................... 21
Rawls’ Two Principles of Justice ........................................................................................................ 22
Why Rawls’ Two Principles? .............................................................................................................. 23
Lecture 5: Justice II ................................................................................................................................ 24
Critiques of Rawls .............................................................................................................................. 24
Libertarian Critique............................................................................................................................ 27
Lecture 6: Justice III ............................................................................................................................... 29
Nonrelationism .................................................................................................................................. 30
, Relationism ........................................................................................................................................ 30
Statism ........................................................................................................................................... 30
Globalism ....................................................................................................................................... 31
Social Connection – I. M. Young .................................................................................................... 31
Responsibility for Global Poverty ...................................................................................................... 32
Peter Singer: Duty to Assist ........................................................................................................... 32
Pogge: Duty not to Harm ............................................................................................................... 34
I.M. Young: Social Connection Model of Responsibility ................................................................ 35
Lecture 7: Equality I ............................................................................................................................... 36
Equality of what................................................................................................................................. 36
Equal treatment............................................................................................................................. 36
Equality of outcome ...................................................................................................................... 37
(Why) is equality valuable? ............................................................................................................... 37
Equality of opportunity ................................................................................................................. 38
Lecture 8: Equality II .............................................................................................................................. 40
Gender inequality .............................................................................................................................. 40
Strategies of justification............................................................................................................... 41
Gender ........................................................................................................................................... 41
Implicit bias ................................................................................................................................... 42
Insitutions ...................................................................................................................................... 43
Lecture 9: Morality and markets ........................................................................................................... 45
Discussion: rights, liberty and markets ............................................................................................. 47
Limits of the markets ..................................................................................................................... 47
Lecture 10: Trust and accountability ..................................................................................................... 49
What is trust? .................................................................................................................................... 49
Het verschil tussen trust en reliance............................................................................................. 50
Trust as self-interest ...................................................................................................................... 50
Trust as will based ......................................................................................................................... 50
Trust as commitment .................................................................................................................... 50
Trust and administration ................................................................................................................... 50
Discretion and accountability (in the welfare state) ......................................................................... 51
Two dimensions of discretionary power ....................................................................................... 52
Accountability ................................................................................................................................ 52
Lecture 11: Impartiality and integrity I .................................................................................................. 52
Why is impartiality important? ......................................................................................................... 53
Historic background .......................................................................................................................... 53
, Is impartiality possible? ..................................................................................................................... 54
Science and impartiality ................................................................................................................ 54
Is impartiality desirable? ................................................................................................................... 54
Thompson: three objections ......................................................................................................... 54
Impartiality as ideology? Karl Marx ............................................................................................... 55
Impartiality as ideology? Antonio Gramsci ................................................................................... 55
David Bromell: Impartiality as commitment ..................................................................................... 55
How to promote public sector ethics? .......................................................................................... 56
The need for moral competences ................................................................................................. 56
Thompson: impartiality and dissent .................................................................................................. 57
Potential criteria: ........................................................................................................................... 57
Lecture 12: Impartiality and integrity II ................................................................................................. 57
Forms of dissent in administration.................................................................................................... 57
Internal protest ............................................................................................................................. 57
External protest ............................................................................................................................. 58
Obstruction (overt, covert)............................................................................................................ 58
Eichmann in Jerusalem ...................................................................................................................... 59
Totalitarianism................................................................................................................................... 60
Administrative evil............................................................................................................................. 60
Three key features of administrative evil ...................................................................................... 61
Public ethics: evaluation.................................................................................................................... 61
Lecture 13: Finish last lecture (integrity)............................................................................................... 62
Integrity ............................................................................................................................................. 62
Three understandings of integrity ................................................................................................. 62
Critical Thinking ..................................................................................................................................... 65
Facts, Opinions & Knowledge ............................................................................................................ 65
Justified True Belief Theory (JTB Theory of Knowledge) ............................................................... 66
Justification........................................................................................................................................ 66
5 types of Justification ................................................................................................................... 66
Reasoning .......................................................................................................................................... 67
What is an argument? ................................................................................................................... 67
Reconstruction process ................................................................................................................. 67
What is a GOOD argument ............................................................................................................ 68
Statement types ............................................................................................................................ 69
