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1、Administration&Societyhttp://aas.sagepub.com/ConfuciusandtheMoralBasisofBureaucracyH.GeorgeFredericksonAdministration&Society200233:610DOI:10.1177/0095399702336002Theonlineversionofthisarticlecanbefoundat:http://aas.sagepub.com/content/33/6/610Publishedby:http://www.sagepublications.comA

2、dditionalservicesandinformationforAdministration&Societycanbefoundat:EmailAlerts:http://aas.sagepub.com/cgi/alertsSubscriptions:http://aas.sagepub.com/subscriptionsReprints:http://www.sagepub.com/journalsReprints.navPermissions:http://www.sagepub.com/journalsPermissions.navCitations:http

3、://aas.sagepub.com/content/33/6/610.refs.html>>VersionofRecord-Jan1,2002WhatisThis?Downloadedfromaas.sagepub.comatInstituteofEducationUniversityofLondononFebruary29,2012ADMINISTRATION&SOCIETY/January2002Frederickson/CONFUCIUSANDBUREAUCRACYThemoraljustificationforbureaucracyinsystemsofdem

4、ocraticself-governmentisstrongerinEasternthoughtthaninWesternphilosophyandpractice.InEastAsia,moraljustificationforbureaucracyisbroadlyunderstoodtobebasedontheworkofConfuciusandhisfollow-ers.ModernscholarsconfirmthattheprimarycountriesofEastAsiahavedistinctivebu-reaucraticculturestracing

5、toConfucianideology.DistinctiveelementsofConfucianideologyincluderuleofmanversusruleoflaw,distinctivecharacteristicsofgoodpublicofficials,thenatureofmoralconventionsandpracticesingoverning,theimportanceofeducationandmeritforpublicofficials,howgoodofficialsshoulddealwiththoseinpoliti-calp

6、ower,thelogicofcivilreciprocity,andthenatureoforderinsociety.Followingdescrip-tionsofeachoftheseelementsofConfucianmoraljustificationforbureaucracy,thearticlecloseswithacomparisonofWesternandEastAsianapproachestothemoraljustificationforbureaucracy.CONFUCIUSANDTHEMORALBASISOFBUREAUCRACYH.

7、GEORGEFREDERICKSONUniversityofKansasThereislittlefoundationinWesternthoughtonwhichthemoraljustifi-1cationofbureaucracymightrest.Therehavebeenattemptstobuildapublicadministrativemoralityonconstitutional,legal,economic,politi-cal,andprofessionalfoundations,butasamoralbasiso