This course aims to:
- examine the rationale and the context of the study of public policy with a view to articulating applying, and advancing a public service perspective;
- analyse the relationship between the state, society and public policy;
- assess policy ethics and capacity in Hong Kong;
- discuss the impacts of globalization and its consequences on public policy;
- develop ideas about the relationship between values and the normative basis of public policy;
- examine, compare and evaluate different moral principles and ethical theories shaping public policy;
- enable students to develop their ideas about the moral basis of public policy making in Hong Kong.