The appearance of official impropriety and the concept of political crime
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The requirement that public officials must avoid the appearance of impropriety means that they must exercise good political judgment. The appearance standard is supported as a way of maintaining public confidence in the government, but it conflicts with legal norms against retroactive law and against factual prejudgment. However, proceedings involving the appearance standard resemble political trials such as the Nuremberg war crimes trials and the Moscow Trials of the 1930s in that legal norms are subordinated to political interests. The standard may place too much responsibility on politicians and too little on citizens.
Publication Name: Ethics
Subject: Philosophy and religion
ISSN: 0014-1704
Year: 1995
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Biocentrism and the concept of life
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A theory is proposed that criticizes current theories of biocentrism which is defined as an attempt to derive environmental ethics based on the concept that life carries a moral significance. The proposed theory permits value to be spread broadly while presenting a mechanism that resolves the conflicts resulting from inevitable competing claims. Paul Taylor and Kenneth Goodpaster are life ethicists who seek a revolution in moral and folk psychological which rules out the moral significance of living things incapable of pleasure and pain.
Publication Name: Ethics
Subject: Philosophy and religion
ISSN: 0014-1704
Year: 1997
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Don't change the subject: interpreting public discourse over quid pro quo
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An interpretation of the concept of quid pro quo in regard to relationships between a citizen or an organization and a government official is presented. Factual and normative issues of this concept arise in public discourse because discourse-participants do not agree on what constitutes a troubling quid pro quo. These factual and normative issues of quid pro quo and the principles involved in bringing these issues in public forums are discussed.
Publication Name: Business Ethics Quarterly
Subject: Philosophy and religion
ISSN: 1052-150X
Year: 1997
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