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Introduction:--Corruption not defensible on the ground of the strength and prevalence of temptation 3
Four main lines of apology 4
That corruption makes business good 4
Protection of vice 5
Corrupt concessions to legitimate business 10
That corruption may be more than compensated for by the high efficiency otherwise of those who engage in it 14
That corruption saves us from mob rule 17
That corruption is part of an evolutionary process the ends of which are presumed to be so beneficent as to more than atone for the existing evils attributable to it 22
Conclusion: The probable future development of corruption in politics, the failure of the apologies for political corruption 37
Introduction, definition, etc. 41
Frequent use of the word corruption 41
Legal definitions contrasted with definitions from the point of view of ethics, political science, etc. 42
Verbal difficulties 42
Levity in the use of the word 42
Metaphor implied by the word 43
Distinction between bribery and corruption; between corruption and auto-corruption 45
Tentative definition of corruption 46
Analysis of the concept of corruption 46
Corruption not limited to politics. Exists in business, church, schools, etc. 46
Intentional character of corruption. Distinguished from inefficiency 48
Various degrees of clearness of political duties 51
Consequences of wide extension of political duties 52
Recognition of political duty 55
Legal and other standards 55
The radical view 57
Advantages sought by corrupt action 59
Various degrees and kinds of advantages 60
Rewards and threats 63
Degree of personal interest involved 65
Corruption for the benefit of party 71
Summary 74
Extreme consequences of corruption 81
Less extreme consequences of corruption: recovery from corrupt conditions 82
The continuing character of the problem of corruption 85
Disappearance of certain forms of corruption; changes of form of corruption 88
Subsidies from foreign monarchs 89
Influence of royal mistresses 90
Lord Bacon's case 90
Pepys and the acceptance of presents 93
Corruption and the administrative service appointments 95
Recent changes in the forms of municipal corruption 98
Limitation of corruption to certain branches or spheres of government 100
In local government only, in central government only 100
Middle grade of Japanese officials 102
Limitation of corruption in amount 105
Contractual character of most corruption 106
Prudential considerations restraining corruptionists 107
Summary 109
Forms of corruption not commonly recognised as such; their significance 113
General classification of recognised forms of corruption 116
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