What philosophy can teach political economy about corruption: A non‐ideal theory

IF 16.4 1区化学 Q1 CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Accounts of Chemical Research Pub Date : 2024-04-17 DOI:10.1002/soej.12692

Mario I. Juarez‐Garcia

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Abstract

Scholars who study political corruption typically assume that it is a pathology. This assumption gives rise to certain problems. On the one hand, scholars who conceive corruption as a principal‐agent problem yield anti‐corruption policies with disappointing results. On the other hand, political economists who grasp the functionality of corruption within inefficient institutions are torn between embracing the functionality of corrupt actions and eradicating them. These issues result from the assumption that corruption is a pathology. Philosophy operates at the level of assumptions, offering a potential avenue for addressing these issues. This paper puts forward a non‐ideal theory of corruption, in which partial compliance with the law is not always seen as a pathology; sometimes corruption includes information about the quality of the law. A non‐ideal theory of corruption puts forward the idea that some cases of corruption result from defective laws rather than defective people.

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哲学在腐败问题上对政治经济学的启示：非理想理论

研究政治腐败的学者通常假定政治腐败是一种病态。这种假设会带来一些问题。一方面，将腐败视为委托代理问题的学者所制定的反腐败政策结果令人失望。另一方面，掌握了腐败在低效机构中的功能性的政治经济学家在接受腐败行为的功能性和根除腐败行为之间纠结不已。这些问题源于腐败是一种病态的假设。哲学在假设的层面上运作，为解决这些问题提供了潜在的途径。本文提出了一种非理想的腐败理论，在这一理论中，部分遵守法律并不总是被视为一种病态；有时，腐败包括有关法律质量的信息。腐败的非理想理论提出了这样一种观点，即某些腐败案件是由有缺陷的法律而非有缺陷的人造成的。

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Accounts of Chemical Research 化学-化学综合

CiteScore

31.40

自引率

1.10%

发文量

312

审稿时长

2 months

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