行政哲学的学科性质及研究特性

就学科性质而言,行政哲学是一种面向行政实践、以行政问题研究为主的实践哲学,其理论活动方式在于对时代提出的行政问题进行解构和批判。行政哲学研究具有批判性、反思性和价值性三个方面的特性:批判性主要体现为对行政现象及其背后原因的分析与批判,对行政理论合理性的检讨、反思与批判;反思性表明指导行政哲学研究的是一种体现着研究者价值立场的“反思性知识”;价值性则说明任何行政哲学的活动并非“价值无涉”或“价值中立”,而总是在一定的价值基础或原则的指导下进行的。

The Discipline and Research Qualities of Administration Philosophy

Academically speaking, the administration philosophy is a practical philosophy focusing on administrative practices and administrative problems, and its theoretical mode lies in the deconstruction and criticism of the realistic problems. Administration philosophy is characterized by its being critical, reflective and valuable: it is critical of the phenomena and of the roots of the administrations; and its being reflective finds expressions in the "reflective knowledge" from the attitudes of the researchers; at the same time its being valuable means that any activities of the administration philosophy are not value-irrelevant or value-neutral but activities based on certain value systems and principles.