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9.1 Introduction 9.1 Introduction
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9.2 Research Themes 9.2 Research Themes
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9.2.1 Defining the Problem 9.2.1 Defining the Problem
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9.2.2 Moral Solutions 9.2.2 Moral Solutions
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9.2.3 Ethical Solutions 9.2.3 Ethical Solutions
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9.2.4 Machiavelli without Machiavellism? 9.2.4 Machiavelli without Machiavellism?
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9.3 Main Research Avenues 9.3 Main Research Avenues
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9.3.1 Competing Norms: Responsibility and Accountability 9.3.1 Competing Norms: Responsibility and Accountability
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9.3.2 Contrasting Executives 9.3.2 Contrasting Executives
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9.3.3 Recovering Classical Perspectives 9.3.3 Recovering Classical Perspectives
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9.4 Future Research Agenda 9.4 Future Research Agenda
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9.4.1 Baconian Methods 9.4.1 Baconian Methods
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9.5 Conclusion 9.5 Conclusion
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References References
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9 Ethical Approaches to the Study of Political Executives
Get accessJohn Uhr is Professor of Political Science, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University. His publications include the recent book Performing Political Theory (Palgrave 2018) and Prudential Public Leadership (Palgrave, 2015). Among his co-authored books are Leadership Performance and Rhetoric (Palgrave, 2017); and several co-edited books, including Elections Matter (Monash University Publishing, 2018), Eureka: Australia’s Greatest Story (The Federation Press, 2015), Studies in Australian Political Rhetoric (ANU Press, 2014), How Power Changes Hands (Palgrave, 2011), and Public Leadership (ANU Press, 2008). Earlier books include Deliberative Democracy in Australia (Cambridge University Press, 1998) and Terms of Trust: Arguments over Ethics in Australian Government (UNSW Press, 2005).
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Published:06 August 2020
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Abstract
The contemporary study of the ethics of political executives lacks a coherent focus. Although the extensive study of political executives includes many studies of important ethical issues reviewed at length here, the field of executive studies still lacks a common language or grammar about relationships between ethics and executives. This chapter proposes a fresh start to the search for greater intellectual coherence through recovery of neglected ‘foundation stone’ of executive ethics in the writings of Enlightenment philosopher and statesman, Francis Bacon (1561‒1626). Bacon’s Essays can help contemporary students of executive studies learn much about ethics of public leadership from a seasoned statesman, whose influential ‘Baconian method’ was intended to shape governance as much as natural science. The chapter notes alternative accounts of executive ethics derived from rival political theories, such as the realism of Machiavelli and the idealism of Kant.
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