Study On The Ethical Basis Of Public Policy

The study of public policy ethic is an essential dimension in the studyof public policy. This essay is trying to find a general ethical criterion forin public policy studying from the dimensionality of philosophy andethnics and give its proof later. This article holds the view that thoughpublic policies which are kind of tactical choice decided by government,they are not subjective productions but consensus out of which civilianwith equal right reasonable consult. It is a legitimacy embodiment ofpublic. Therefore, publicity and legitimacy are basic ethical spirit ofpublic policy. This essay supposes that the ethical foundation of publicpolicy is public goods which this essay is discussing on its content andhow to realise it.Hunan nature construction is the basis for the research of publicpolicy ethics. In traditional political theory, the ruler should be apolitician Personality. The wise emperor and the tyrant are two tapiocaspatterns of politician. They have different opinions about the issuewhether politics needs moral or not, But in the essence their opinionsboth embody the private politicians, which is botfly different frommodern public administration. Although the pattern of reasonallyeconomical person may effectively explain some political behavior, itdeviates from the publicity of public administration. The policy-makershould the a public person and guided by public reason, having publicspirit, exercising his pours for public goods and undertake publicresponsibility on his own initiative. In this way does the policy-maker'sdecision meets the needs of public in the rests.Public policies should take public goods as its basic value-orientation.This is decided by essence of public policies. Publicity and legitimacy arepublic policy's basic ethical spirit which plants its root into public goodsof public policy. Public goods are not kind of government's subjectivearrangements but a dynamic process. They are consensus out of whichcivilian with equal right reasonable consult. Public goods will neithersacrifice individual benefit for demand of collectivism nor deny thewhole community's benefit for satisfying individual benefit, but to find a balance between them, i.e. to ensure individual right undamaged as wellas boosting the development of public welfare.The harmony of the whole society which is the basic demand ofpublic good makes for its realization because modern society is acooperative system premising by these demands unify and are in conflictwith each other at the same time. So the premise of making the societyharmonious is balancing of benefit. In order to building a balancedsystem, we must first aims at society fairness, improving effect of publicpolicy.To realise public benefit must be guaranteed by systems. Theprocedure justice of pubic policy can guarantee the realization of publicinterests through decision procedure, and the processing justice is thegreatest guarantee of public rights. At this stage, in order to realize theprocedure justice, democratization of decision-making is most important.In addition, it is necessary to improve the moral ability of the publicparticipation and discussion of government affairs.