行政罪恶与道德脱离:种族隔离时代南非的酷刑案例

IF 6.1 1区 管理学 Q1 PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION Public Administration Review Pub Date : 2024-08-31 DOI:10.1111/puar.13875
Christopher J. Einolf
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了解行政人员如何实施不道德行为是公共行政研究的一个重要目标。本文检验了贝尔福(Balfour)、亚当斯(Adams)和尼克尔斯(Nickels)的行政罪恶理论中的道德倒置是否有助于解释酷刑,同时还提出并检验了班杜拉(Bandura)的道德脱离理论。报告分析了 1996-2000 年期间在南非真相与和解委员会作证的酷刑实施者的证词。结果支持道德倒置,因为犯罪者表示他们认为自己的行为在道德上是正当的。结果还支持责任转移,因为犯罪者将责任从自己身上转移到指挥系统中高于或低于他们的行为者身上。然而,分析结果并不支持责任扩散理论,因为行为人并没有把指挥系统之外的官员的沉默当作是对他们的认可,而是预料到了他们的反对,并试图掩盖自己的行为。
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Administrative evil and moral disengagement: The case of torture in apartheid‐era South Africa
Understanding how administrators can commit unethical acts is an important goal of public administration research. This article tests whether moral inversion, taken from Balfour, Adams, and Nickels' theory of administrative evil, can help explain torture, and also proposes and tests Bandura's theory of moral disengagement. It analyzes testimony from perpetrators of torture who testified before the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission in 1996–2000. The results support moral inversion, as perpetrators stated that they believed their actions were morally justified. The results also support displacement of responsibility, as perpetrators shifted responsibility away from themselves and toward actors above or below them in the chain of command. However, the analysis does not support the theory of diffusion of responsibility, as perpetrators did not take the silence of officials outside of their chain of command as approval, but instead anticipated their disapproval and tried to conceal their actions.
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期刊介绍: Public Administration Review (PAR), a bi-monthly professional journal, has held its position as the premier outlet for public administration research, theory, and practice for 75 years. Published for the American Society for Public Administration,TM/SM, it uniquely serves both academics and practitioners in the public sector. PAR features articles that identify and analyze current trends, offer a factual basis for decision-making, stimulate discussion, and present leading literature in an easily accessible format. Covering a diverse range of topics and featuring expert book reviews, PAR is both exciting to read and an indispensable resource in the field.
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