CHALLENGING THE EMPIRICAL EMPIRE
Many of the problems in the British public sector directly relate to the attempt to create a world fit for the central planner in which all tasks can be set down in a system of rules. The philosophy of 'empirical consequentialism' underpins this entire venture. This is the view that the empirically-proven consequences of an action are the most valid basis for moral judgment of the action and that these can be fully evaluated through expert research rather than democratic dialogue. A crucial policy challenge is to restore the value of 'tacit knowledge' in the public sector, allowing individuals to exercise choice and judgment responding to feedback in a process of trial and error. Copyright (c) 2010 The Authors. Journal compilation (c) Institute of Economic Affairs 2010. Published by Blackwell Publishing, Oxford.
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2010
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Authors: | Jackson, Helen ; Ormerod, Paul |
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Economic Affairs. - Wiley Blackwell. - Vol. 30.2010, 1, p. 92-94
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Wiley Blackwell |
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