The contents of this paper can be divided into three main parts. In the first part, we emphasize the necessity of philosophical viewpoint in the study of public administration and further investigate sub-disciplines of administrative philosophy. They ...
The contents of this paper can be divided into three main parts. In the first part, we emphasize the necessity of philosophical viewpoint in the study of public administration and further investigate sub-disciplines of administrative philosophy. They are administrative ontology, epistemology and axiology. We focus our discussion an the ethical value which is one of value type treated in adminisrrative axiology.
In the second part, some principal virtues of Confucianism, which can be applied to the behavioral norms of contemporary administrators, are investigated.
In the last part, we discuss the dysfunctional elements of Confucian values in comparison with value elements of "development".