Acknowledge Quote 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…

— John Kleinig

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

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

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

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

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

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

I see ethical considerations as having a certain priority in our interactions - passing judgment on our political and legal processes.

— John Kleinig

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

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

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

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