Title: Cooper's Study of Civic Virtue and Its Implications
Abstract: In developing a democratic ethic for public administration, Terry L. Cooper appeals to the American tradition of ethical citizenship. By locating the concept of civic virtue in a broader context of a regime with characteristics of social contract, Cooper summarizes the principle of civic virtue as the principle of “self interest rightly understood. Cooper's studies show that civic virtue is a distinct concept, which is both attached to a particular kind of society and embodies the nature of moral requirements in that society. His studies also show that public spiritedness and civic virtue do not come about simply because of moral campaigns or a denial of self interest. It rather manifests the win win reciprocity between self interest and common good, which is possible only when an appropriate kind of social mechanism is available.
Publication Year: 2002
Publication Date: 2002-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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