I grew up in a home in which loyalty to family was central to my father's outlook. Adolescent changes to my outlook (which set me against parental values) made me very critical of loyalty, reinforced by certain religious writers I… — John Kleinig Copy Share Image
I see loyalty - roughly perseverance in relational commitments despite the cost of such perseverance - as an important human value/virtue. Think of it… — John Kleinig Copy Share Image
Police do not work at the immediate direction of the communities they serve, but through their institutional connections. Police departments may develop structures, modi… — John Kleinig Copy Share Image
What we have to ask is this: what can we morally expect of and allow to people whom we deploy to fulfill this or… — John Kleinig Copy Share Image
Police have both extra constraints and extra permissions - on the one hand, they can't dodge involvement in social disorder as the rest of… — John Kleinig Copy Share Image
I grew up in a home in which loyalty to family was central to my father's outlook. Adolescent changes to my outlook (which set… — John Kleinig Copy Share Image
I confess to being something of a philosophical butterfly. The world is full of so many interesting questions, and although my greatest passion is… — John Kleinig Copy Share Image
It is odd that a value/virtue that plays such a central role in dramatic literature has played such a small role in philosophical writing.… — John Kleinig Copy Share Image
I see ethical considerations as having a certain priority in our interactions - passing judgment on our political and legal processes. — John Kleinig Copy Share Image
Structurally I don't see a fundamental difference between what we may reasonably expect of police and doctors - though obviously the fact that doctors… — John Kleinig Copy Share Image
As a matter of ethics - our broader social life needs to be constrained by law and other devices - resolving at the societal… — John Kleinig Copy Share Image
Whistleblowing constitutes a nice test case for the evaluation of loyalty. Loyalty also appears at the intersection of many major philosophical debates: general ones… — John Kleinig Copy Share Image
The roles evolve over time: juries once made determinations about law; nowadays, they are supposedly limited to making factual determinations. A good move? All… — John Kleinig Copy Share Image
There will always be situations in which conflicts arise between individual and communal values - Catholic police officers deployed to enable women to enter… — John Kleinig Copy Share Image
I remember Stanley Benn remarking that one needed to be a certain age to engage with problems in political philosophy - I think he… — John Kleinig Copy Share Image
In separating out, say, legal and moral requirements, I tend to work with paradigms rather than strict divisions - eg, paradigmatically, legal requirements are… — John Kleinig Copy Share Image
