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

As for the ethics, law, and politics relationship, there has always been a tension for me as I try to keep them distinct while recognizing their inte…

- 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

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

- 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. There are …

- 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

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

- 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