Aristotelian rhetoric, pluralism, and public administration
By: MOLINA, Anthony Deforest
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Contributor(s): SPICER, Michael.
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ArticlePublisher: Thousand Oaks : SAGE, July 2004Subject(s): Valor | Conflito | Responsabilidade Administrativa | Aspecto Histórico | Ética | FilosofiaAdministration & Society 36, 3, p. 282-305Abstract: This article discusses how Aristotle´s thought on rhetoric can help public administrators deal with situations that involve conflicting and irreciliable values. We argue that Aristotelian rhetoric can be helpful to public administrators with values conflicts, because it promotes a greater self-consciousness among administrators about their own values, encourages them to seek ways of accommodating their values to the values of others, discourages any sense of finality in resolving value conflicts, and requires that administrators take account of the concrete specifics of particular practical situations in dealing with value conflicts
This article discusses how Aristotle´s thought on rhetoric can help public administrators deal with situations that involve conflicting and irreciliable values. We argue that Aristotelian rhetoric can be helpful to public administrators with values conflicts, because it promotes a greater self-consciousness among administrators about their own values, encourages them to seek ways of accommodating their values to the values of others, discourages any sense of finality in resolving value conflicts, and requires that administrators take account of the concrete specifics of particular practical situations in dealing with value conflicts
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