Morality and public policy

1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-1-4473-2382-2
Verlag: Policy Press

Buch, Englisch, 208 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 243 g

With an increasingly bitter secular religious divide, there is a messy, defective relationship between the state and morality in the UK. In response, Morality and Public Policy puts forward proposals to enhance the capacity of public policy to respond more effectively to morality and associated shifts in social mores in different cultural settings. Spanning religion, moral philosophy and scientific understanding of the human condition, this unique book draws together and adds to the latest thinking on morality, its causes, mutations, tensions and common features. It challenges misplaced concepts of ‘moral progress’ and the supremacy of empathy, and puts forward the management of the full span of human impulses - some complementary, some conflicting - as the function of morality with major implications for the interface between morality and public policy.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Henricson, Clem

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Verwaltungswissenschaft, Öffentliche Verwaltung
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ethik, Moralphilosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Sozialpsychologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: Why we need a better connection between morality and public policy;

Moral perspectives to be addressed in an inclusive public policy;

Synergies and tensions: Morality as an accommodation of human impulses in different cultural contexts;

The challenges and benefits of a new role for public policy;

Managing morality: a public policy analytical tool;

Conclusion.

Über Autor(innen)

Henricson, Clem
Clem Henricson FRSA is a social policy analyst who has published widely on the relationship between the state and the family. Honorary Senior Fellow at the University of East Anglia and Member of the University of Oxford Centre for Research into Parenting and Children, she was formerly Director of Research and Policy at the National Family and Parenting Institute under the New Labour Government.

Clem Henricson is a social policy analyst who has published widely on the relationship between the state and the individual within a variety of settings. With experience of working closely with government at a national and international level, she has a particular interest in developing future strategic directions and options for enhancement in the context of human rights. Her most recent book is A revolution in family policy: Where we should go from here.