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Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- SERIES EDITOR'S PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- PART I PROGRESS AND THE COMMONWEALTH OF LIFE -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER 1 DUTIES BEYOND BORDERS -- CHAPTER 2 DUTIES BEYOND THE PRESENT AND BEYOND PERSONS -- PART II FIDUCIARY INSTITUTIONS -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER 3 STEWARDSHIP ECONOMICS -- CHAPTER 4 GOVERNMENT AS TRUSTEE -- CHAPTER 5 CIVIL SOCIETY AND COMMONWEALTH OF THE LIFE -- PART III TRANSPARENT SOVEREIGNTY -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER 6 GLOBAL ETHICS AND FIDUCIARY STATES -- CHAPTER 7 THE NATION AND THE WORLD -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- APPENDIX: INDICES OF GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL DISRUPTIONS DUE TO HUMAN ACTIVITIES -- INDEX

Graduate programs in public policy offer a variety of ethics courses focusing on framework theories, topical applications, & duties of office. Four reasons are given for making these types of courses an integral part of education for public service: (1) they provide a common civic vocabulary; (2) they give an essential perspective on analytical techniques; (3) they challenge students' own presuppositions about public policy; & (4) they help distinguish between empirical & conceptual issues. It is argued that the growing emphasis in the policy programs on public management further enhances the importance of education in ethics, & that the current dearth of such courses in some programs seriously impedes their graduates. HA

The ethics of public policy is as undeveloped as was the ethnics of medical practice ten years ago. Ethical issues arise in at least four areas. The ethics of the conduct of public officials becomes an issue whenever official corruption is discovered. The ethical standing of the conduct of various professions which function as self-regulating groups is often an issue. Ethical assumptions are often needed as a basis for analytical frameworks; welfare economics is an example. Finally, ethical issues are raised by the examination of many public problems & programs. No adequate framework for understanding such issues has been created. W. H. Stoddard.