Abstract:

Ethics and politics that are as old as the history of humanity, are two phenomena that determine values, attitudes and behavioral codes in the relation between individual and society. From the Ancient Greek until the birth of Positivism, the arguments about the ethics of politics had been on the basis of philosophy; after the development of Political Science as a scientific field these arguments has oriented toward more empirical cases. This study selects as a baseline the research of Shelton S. Steinberg and David T. Austern which is made on the basis of the dilemmas of public officials and operates remover, dutiful and moralist behavioral types in case of political ethics. Accordingly, in Pamukkale University 154 students taking Political Psychology course as candidates for public officials had asked five cases that can be answered as "yes" or "no" and may be justified their answers. This study tries to explain that how many students are belonged to which behavioral typology according to answers of students on the basis of political ethics.

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