MPPM

8207

ETHICS
AND
GOVERNANCE
IN
PUBLIC
POLICY

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LET’S CLARIFY WHAT WE ARE
GOING TO TALK ABOUT

TERMS
The beginning
of wisdom is
the definition
of terms

Socrates
471-399 b.c.
 MPM 8207 ETHICS AND GOVERNANCE IN PUBLIC
POLICY

Governance

Ethics

Public

Policy
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ORIGIN OF THE WORD

Latin gubernāre
to steer (a ship)
GOVERNANCE GOOD EVIL

Authority Common Good Individual

ONE Monarchy Tyranny

MANY Aristocracy Oligarchy

ALL Democracy Demagogy

Aristotle’s classification
Polis = city

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 Police

Politics

Politician

POLICY

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Res Publica
Republica
Republic
populus 34
Public Private Privatus = set apart

Government Non-Governmental

Governance Negligence

Political Apolitical

Military Civilian Civitas = city

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What is
morals?
 MORALS

Mama Grace
A way of living, acting, Kakamega

deciding according to
what one knows as good,
behaviour
IN-MORAL

A way of living, acting,

deciding against what
one knows as good,
behaviour
Morality tends to refer to
personal behaviours that
follow moral norms
What is ethics?
 Science is a
Certain
Verifiable
Knowledge of reality
by its causes
Ethics is the
Science that studies the
free human behaviour
that makes us
better human beings
 ETHICS

To study what makes

good behaviour
good
What makes good, Sarah W. Kimani
Centre for Ethics
good? Building an Ethical Kenya
ETHICS

A. way of
Mama
living, acting, Grace
Kakamega

deciding
B. to learn, know,
understand why
Sarah W. Kimani
Centre for Ethics
Building an Ethical Kenya
TWO LEVELS

A. To do good
Mama Grace
Kakamega

B. Find out why

good is good
Sarah W. Kimani
Centre for Ethics
Building an Ethical Kenya
TWO LEVELS

A. MORALS

B. ETHICS
MORALS ETHICS
ART SCIENCE

of what makes
of human an action good
good living or evil
 Can you get a PhD in
ethics and nevertheless
be immoral ?
 MAX SCHELER
1874 –1928
Great ETHICS
PROFESSOR
Did he had a good moral life?
A bit of a womanizer, divorced twice, married three times, some affairs with
students
What type of public
servants
would you like to
have, those with
Good ethics or
Good morals?
 Good morals
No doubt

Why do we need then

to study ethics?
So what does Ethical
Training add to your
profession?
If we teach ethics to politicians,
will they become better?
What should we invest time
and money
in ethical training?

Discuss in groups
and give some ideas
WHAT GOOD IS?
GOOD AND EVIL

What are they?

IS ANNE 8 years old
Spine problem from birth
GOOD?
Heart arrhythmia
Great in Math's
Great at piano
Loves her parents
Loves sweets
Skillful pick pocketer
Generous with sweets
Lies as a politician
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 STANDARD
BEING ?
just because she is EXISTENCE

complete in her nature NATURE - ESSENCE

DOING ?
heart has arrhythmia MEDICAL BIOLOGICAL

she is great at music TECHNICAL - ART

she lies like a spy MORAL - ETHICAL
 Good
WHAT
CONFORMS
TO A STANDARD
What is the
standard of
goodness?
 LEVEL STANDARD

BEING ?
just because is EXISTENCE
complete in nature NATURE - ESSENCE

DOING ?

Natural functions MEDICAL BIOLOGICAL

Skills TECHNICAL - ART
Moral behaviour HUMANITY
5 TYPES OF EVIL?

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BEING ? BAD

EXISTENCE NON EXISTENCE

NATURE - ESSENCE DEFORMED - FREAK

DOING ?

BIOLOGICAL SICKNESS

TECHNICAL - ART SHODY - UNPROFESSIONAL

MORAL - ETHICAL EVIL, IMMORAL, UNETHICAL

WHAT IS THE GODNESS OF INSTITUTIONS

WHAT IS THE STANDARD?

WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF INSTITUTIONS?

TWO APPROACHES
YOU CANNOT CHANGE SOCIETIES
The way of acting follows the way of
being

they behave as they are

The way of acting follows the way of
being

they behave as they are

 The way of acting follows the way of
being

Men behave like men Women as women

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 We are equal at some level
We are unequal at others
We are unique in what we freely decide
What is the nature of the
person ?
What types of goodness does he have?
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