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    Compulsory schooling
    Journal of Philosophy of Education 15 (2). 1981.
    John Kleinig; Compulsory Schooling, Journal of Philosophy of Education, Volume 15, Issue 2, 30 May 2006, Pages 191–203, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9752.1981.
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    Legitimate and Illegitimate Uses of Police Force
    Criminal Justice Ethics 33 (2): 83-103. 2014.
    Utilizing a contractualist framework for understanding the basis and limits for the use of force by police, this article offers five limiting principles—respect for status as moral agents, proportionality, minimum force necessary, ends likely to be accomplished, and appropriate motivation—and then discusses uses of force that violate or risk violating those principles. These include, but are not limited to, unseemly invasions, strip searches, perp walks, handcuffing practices, post-chase apprehe…Read more
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    The Ethics of Policing (edited book)
    Cambridge University Press. 1996.
    This book is the most systematic, comprehensive and philosophically sophisticated discussion of police ethics yet published. It offers an in-depth analysis of the ethical values that police, as servants of the community, should uphold as they go about their task. The book considers the foundations and purpose of police authority in broad terms but also tackles specific problems such as accountability, the use of force, deceptive stratagems used to gain information or trap the criminally intentio…Read more
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    Butler in a cool hour
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    Handled with Discretion: Ethical Issues in Police Decision Making (edited book)
    Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. 1996.
    Criticisms of how police exercise their authority are neither new nor uncommon. Police officers have considerable power, and they often must draw on that power in complex and pressing circumstances. This collection of essays by fifteen leading specialists in ethics and criminal justice examines the nature of police discretion and its many varieties. The essays explore the kinds of judgment calls police officers frequently must make: When should they get involved? Whom should they watch? What con…Read more
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    R. S. Peters on punishment
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    The Ethical Perils of Knowledge Acquisition
    Criminal Justice Ethics 28 (2): 201-222. 2009.
    At first blush, there would seem to be few ethical problems with knowledge acquisition in a law enforcement context. For that context is one of public safety and criminal justice, both worthy ends,...