Moses Maimonides is widely regarded as one of the most important Jewish theologians. A careful examination of his life’s work, however, reveals that he also made important contributions to the history of Western political thought, law, statesmanship, public management, and civil society. His professional career illuminates important connections between the administration of innovative public programs and how the state benefits from the collective good associated with these initiatives. Such efforts provide public administration with a rare opportunity to explore the theoretical perspectives of a political philosopher whose ideas are as strikingly modern today as they were more than nine centuries ago.
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