ETIKA VO VEREJNEJ SLUŽBE A VEREJNÝ ZÁUJEM

• Authors: Ivanovič David

Title variants

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Ethics in public service and the public interest

• Languages of publication: SK

Abstracts

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A public service is a service which is provided by government or public sector to citizens. Main definition of public service is that it is a service in the public interest. It means that everyone who provides a public service must act in public interest and no in self-interest. Nevertheless the term “public interest” is necessary for the definition of “public service”, it doesn’t have exact meaning, which is important not only in law and politics but in ethics too. In this study ethical relevance of term “public interest” in connection with ethics in public service is showed. This study analyses conversions of “public interest” in history of social-political thought which can help its understanding in contemporary philosophy and public policy. The analysis shows that the term “public interest” is very complicated, dependent on social-political conditions of state and therefore it needs ethical expertise in every situation which is connected with providing of public service.

Keywords

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PUBLIC SERVICE; PUBLIC INTEREST; ETHICS; SOCIAL PHILOSOPHY

• Publisher: Faculty of Arts, Matej Bel University in Banská Bystrica
• Journal: Motus in verbo: časopis mladej vedeckej generácie
• Year: 2014
• Volume: 3
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 8 – 16

Contributors

author

Ivanovič David