Semiotic Justice in Public Administration：Justice Perspective Based on Language Games

doi:10.13438/j.cnki.jdxb.2020.02.004

Abstract

Abstract: Public administration is an important area of justice research.The traditional theory mainly adopts the objective criterion provided by Rawls,Nozick and Walzer for justice.However,these standards not only conflict with each other in theory,but also often lead to ambiguous judgments in the practice of public administration.The purpose of this study is to propose a concept of justice in semiotics to guide the theory and practice of contemporary public administration.This concept holds that justice does not have a neutral and objective standard,but is constructed by the beliefs and practices shared by the group.Researchers can understand the occurrence and operation of justice only by placing this concept in the context of a specific language game.Because there are only family similarities between different types of language games related to justice,public administration must face complex and conflicting environments.The concept of justice in semiotics not only provides an essential analytical framework for this complexity,but also reshapes the nature of work in the field of public administration.

Key words: Justice, semiotic justice, public adminstration, Language game, family similarity, community of interests

Written by Charles F. Abel,Arthur J. Sementelli,Translated by LI Zhao. Semiotic Justice in Public Administration：Justice Perspective Based on Language Games[J]. Journal of Jishou University（Social Sciences）, DOI: 10.13438/j.cnki.jdxb.2020.02.004.

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