Political Ethics and Public Office

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Introduction
Problems of The Ethics of office Methods of The Ethics of office
Democratic Dirty Hands
The Persistence of The Problem
The Limits of Democratic Distance
The Assumption of Accountability Reviewing
The Decision Generalizing
The Decision Mediating
The Decision
The End of Dirty Decisions Democratic Deterrence
The Moral Responsibility of Many Hands
Hierarchical Responsibility
Collective Responsibility
Personal Responsibility
Alternative Causes Causing and Advising Good Intentions
The Ignorance of officials
The Compulsion of offices
Official Crime and Punishment
The Problem of Moral Responsibility
The Problem of Political Responsibility
Limits of Criminal Responsibility
Legislative Ethics
Minimalist Ethics
Functionalist Ethics
Rationalist Ethics
The Particulars of Generality
The Autonomous Legislator
The Pecuniary Connection
The Necessity of Publicity
The Private Lives of Public officials
The Value of Privacy
The Scope of Privacy: Substantive Criteria
The Scope of Privacy: Procedural Criteria
Paternalistic Power
The Concept of Paternalism
The Justification of Paternalism
The Paternalism of The Professions Compulsory Medical Treatment
The Law of Involuntary Guardianship
The Distribution of Public Welfare
The Regulation of Drugs
The Regulation of Safety
The Ethics of Social Experiments
The Story of The Denver Income Maintenance Experiment (DIME)
The Ethics of The DIME Evaluations and Implications of The DIME
Notes
Credits
Index
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