Building Ethical Community

In: American review of public administration: ARPA, Band 41, Heft 1, S. 3-22

Abstract

In response to a perceived yearning for community in the modern urbanU.S., a definition of community is advanced, and a distinction is drawn between moral and ethical community. The problems of imposing moral community on diverse urban societies are considered and an argument is advanced for building ethical community. The necessity for a deliberative conversation among members of an ethical community is discussed and some of the current means for conducting it are examined. Following a discussion of the role of experts in these conversations, the implications for academic programs are drawn out. The article concludes with 7 steps toward building ethical community.