Ethics and Public Policy: Contemporary Issues

Andrew Bradstock · David Eng

ago 2011 · Victoria University Press

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Exploring the ethical frameworks and principles upon which governments can and should base their policies, this study draws on papers from the 2009 Ethical Foundations of Public Policy conference held in Wellington, covering topics such as ethics in decision making and advice giving, sustainability, equality and justice, and measuring progress. The examination contends that interplay between ethical considerations and policy creation is often complex, controversial, and challenging but that the careful management of this interplay is vital to the effective functioning of liberal, democratic government. Demonstrating the inextricable link between ethics and public policy, this is essential reading for policymakers, students, and those interested in the policy process.

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Andrew Bradstock is the Howard Paterson professor of theology and public issues and the director of the Center for Theology and Public Issues at the University of Otago. He is the former codirector of the Center for Faith and Society at the Von Hu¨gel Institute at St. Edmund’s College in Cambridge. David Eng is a principal adviser at the Tertiary Education Commission in New Zealand. He is a former professor in philosophy at Victoria University of Wellington and a former assistant professor at California State University–Bakersfield. His areas of research include epistemology, social epistemology, philosophy of mind, aesthetics, and philosophy of evaluation. Jonathan Boston is a professor of public policy and the director of the Institute of Policy Studies at the School of Government, Victoria University of Wellington. He has published widely in the fields of public management, tertiary education, social policy, comparative government, New Zealand politics, and climate change policy.