As a matter of ethics - our broader social life needs to be constrained by law and other devices - resolving at the societal level matters that shoul…

- John Kleinig

The roles evolve over time: juries once made determinations about law; nowadays, they are supposedly limited to making factual determinations. A good…

- John Kleinig

In separating out, say, legal and moral requirements, I tend to work with paradigms rather than strict divisions - eg, paradigmatically, legal requir…

- 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 doctor…

- John Kleinig

Police do not work at the immediate direction of the communities they serve, but through their institutional connections. Police departments may deve…

- John Kleinig

The various roles we incorporate into the criminal justice system as well as the ways in which we construe such roles, lend themselves to the kind of…

- John Kleinig

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

- John Kleinig

There will always be situations in which conflicts arise between individual and communal values - Catholic police officers deployed to enable women t…

- 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 fo…

- John Kleinig