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> [Whistleblowing constitutes a nice test case for the evaluation of loyalty. Loyalty also appears at the intersection of many major philosophical debates: general ones such as those between consequentialism and deontology, reason and feeling, virtue and principle, as well as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-kleinig/whistleblowing-constitutes-a-nice-test-case-for-the-evaluation-of/)

[John Kleinig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-kleinig/)

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## More by John Kleinig

> [I see loyalty - roughly perseverance in relational commitments despite the cost of such perseverance - as an important human value/virtue. Think of it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-kleinig/i-see-loyalty-roughly-perseverance-in-relational-commitments-despite/)

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> [Police do not work at the immediate direction of the communities they serve, but through their institutional connections. Police departments may develop structures, modi…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-kleinig/police-do-not-work-at-the-immediate-direction-of-the-communities-they/)

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> [What we have to ask is this: what can we morally expect of and allow to people whom we deploy to fulfill this or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-kleinig/what-we-have-to-ask-is-this-what-can-we-morally-expect-of-and-allow/)

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> [Police have both extra constraints and extra permissions - on the one hand, they can't dodge involvement in social disorder as the rest of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-kleinig/police-have-both-extra-constraints-and-extra-permissions-on-the-one/)

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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-kleinig/i-grew-up-in-a-home-in-which-loyalty-to-family-was-central-to-my/)

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> [I confess to being something of a philosophical butterfly. The world is full of so many interesting questions, and although my greatest passion is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-kleinig/i-confess-to-being-something-of-a-philosophical-butterfly-the-world/)

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> [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.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-kleinig/it-is-odd-that-a-value-virtue-that-plays-such-a-central-role-in/)

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> [I see ethical considerations as having a certain priority in our interactions - passing judgment on our political and legal processes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-kleinig/i-see-ethical-considerations-as-having-a-certain-priority-in-our/)

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> [Structurally I don't see a fundamental difference between what we may reasonably expect of police and doctors - though obviously the fact that doctors…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-kleinig/structurally-i-don-t-see-a-fundamental-difference-between-what-we-may/)

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> [As a matter of ethics - our broader social life needs to be constrained by law and other devices - resolving at the societal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-kleinig/as-a-matter-of-ethics-our-broader-social-life-needs-to-be-constrained/)

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> [Whistleblowing constitutes a nice test case for the evaluation of loyalty. Loyalty also appears at the intersection of many major philosophical debates: general ones…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-kleinig/whistleblowing-constitutes-a-nice-test-case-for-the-evaluation-of/)

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> [The roles evolve over time: juries once made determinations about law; nowadays, they are supposedly limited to making factual determinations. A good move? All…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-kleinig/the-roles-evolve-over-time-juries-once-made-determinations-about-law/)

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> [There will always be situations in which conflicts arise between individual and communal values - Catholic police officers deployed to enable women to enter…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-kleinig/there-will-always-be-situations-in-which-conflicts-arise-between/)

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> [I remember Stanley Benn remarking that one needed to be a certain age to engage with problems in political philosophy - I think he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-kleinig/i-remember-stanley-benn-remarking-that-one-needed-to-be-a-certain-age/)

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> [In separating out, say, legal and moral requirements, I tend to work with paradigms rather than strict divisions - eg, paradigmatically, legal requirements are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-kleinig/in-separating-out-say-legal-and-moral-requirements-i-tend-to-work/)

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