I see loyalty - roughly perseverance in relational commitments despite the cost of such perseverance - as an important human value/virtue. Think… — John Kleinig Character 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… — John Kleinig Community 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 Character Copy Share Image
As a matter of ethics - our broader social life needs to be constrained by law and other devices - resolving at… — John Kleinig Acknowledge 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… — John Kleinig Authority 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… — John Kleinig Moral 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… — John Kleinig Butterfly 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… — John Kleinig Character 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… — John Kleinig Christian 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… — John Kleinig Books Copy Share Image
There will always be situations in which conflicts arise between individual and communal values - Catholic police officers deployed to enable women… — John Kleinig Abortion 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… — John Kleinig Determination Copy Share Image
I remember Stanley Benn remarking that one needed to be a certain age to engage with problems in political philosophy - I… — John Kleinig Age Copy Share Image
One of the real dangers of loyalty is that it may become associated with certain types of group-think, chauvinism, jingoism, and thus… — John Kleinig Character Copy Share Image
My mother thought my inclinations would do well in Law, but I was too shy and deliberative - slowfooted - for that,… — John Kleinig Advice Copy Share Image
The various roles we incorporate into the criminal justice system as well as the ways in which we construe such roles, lend… — John Kleinig Criminal justice Copy Share Image
Loyalty saves us from the self-advantaging compromising of important relations - such as friendship, marital and professional commitments, group memberships, and so… — John Kleinig Ancient Copy Share Image
My view of ethics and of its priority is connected to my view that we are fundamentally relational beings - both the… — John Kleinig Assuming Copy Share Image
As for the ethics, law, and politics relationship, there has always been a tension for me as I try to keep them… — John Kleinig Consideration Copy Share Image
In later years, when I started working in police ethics, I was professionally drawn back to the topic but as well was… — John Kleinig Consideration Copy Share Image
From time to time I have wished to do more work in philosophy of religion, but the demands and challenges have been… — John Kleinig Book Copy Share Image
The selection of topics for intensive research has often been a function of serendipitous opportunity. My forays into philosophy of education were… — John Kleinig Books Copy Share Image
In separating out, say, legal and moral requirements, I tend to work with paradigms rather than strict divisions - eg, paradigmatically, legal… — John Kleinig Ethical 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:… — John Kleinig Character Copy Share Image
