395 Pages
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Routledge
396 Pages
by
Routledge
393 Pages
by
Routledge
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Some planners limit discussions of ethics to simple, though important, questions about the propriety of their daily activities. This approach to ethics restricts discussion of professional ethics to the propriety of everyday social and professional relationships. It ignores the broader ethical content of planning practice, methods, and policies. While narrow definitions of ethical behavior can... Read more
Introduction; I: Overview of Ethical Issues in Urban Planning and Administration; 1: Professional Ethics and Beyond: Values in Planning; 2: The Ethics of Contemporary American Planners; 3: Foundations for Normative Planning; 4: The Structure of Ethical Choice In Planning Practice; 5: Realms of Obligation and Virtue; II: Corruption and Whistle-Blowing in Planning Organizations; 6: Corruption and Reform in Land-Use and Building Regulation: Incentives and Disincentives; 7: Corruption as a Feature of Governmental Organization *; 8: Whistle Blowing: Its Nature and Justification; 9: Ethical Dilemmas in Government: Designing an Organizational Response; III: Ethical Issues in Policymaking; 10: The Place of Principles in Policy Analysis; 11: Utilitarianism and the Presuppositions of Cost-Benefit Analysis: An Essay on the Relevance of Moral Philosophy to the Theory of Bureaucracy; 12: Cost-Benefit Analysis and Environmental, Safety, and Health Regulation: Ethical and Philosophical Considerations; 13: Ethical Dilemmas in Forecasting for Public Policy; 14: Normative Criteria for Organizational Discourse: A Methodological Approach; IV: The Emergence of an Environmental Ethic; 15: Land Planning in an Ethical Perspective; 16: Is There an Ecological Ethic?; 17: Are We Ready for an Ecological Morality?
Biography
Martin Wachs
