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37Linguistics in Philosophy (review)Philosophical Studies (Dublin) 18 (3): 262-264. 1969.J L Austin has left a firm imprint on much contemporary philosophy. Not surprisingly, however, his published papers and lectures have provoked strongly contrasting responses, some seeing in them the refinement of certain philosophical techniques and the introduction of new standards of care, others the final degeneration of linguistic philosophy into verbal hair-splitting. Whatever the response, his writings were bound to attract the attention of formal linguists, and the last decade has seen a …Read more
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13IntroductionCriminal Justice Ethics 30 (1): 68-68. 2011.A year ago, Criminal Justice Ethics published Don Scheid's “Indefinite Detention of Mega-terrorists in the War on Terror.”1 The problem with which it dealt has not disappeared with the Obama admini...
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15Reason, Truth and God (review)Philosophical Studies (Dublin) 20 (n/a): 369-371. 1971.The material for this book was originally presented as the Stanton Lectures in the Philosophy of Religion at Cambridge in 1963. Its argument operates on a number of levels. Superficially, though explicitly, it is a defence of Wittgenstein and his followers against two charges, first, of ignoring the larger questions of epistemology discussed by their predecessors, and second, of removing philosophy from any concern with the practical issues of life. On another level it gives a commentary on the …Read more
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40Professional law enforcement codes: a documentary collection (edited book)Greenwood Press. 1993.This volume fills that gap and offers teachers in criminal justice ethics and law enforcement practitioners a rich selection of materials that have emerged in ...
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EZORSKY, G. : "Philosophical Perspectives on Punishment" (review)Australasian Journal of Philosophy 52 (n/a): 79. 1974.
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65Paternalism and Human DignityCriminal Law and Philosophy 11 (1): 19-36. 2017.This paper explores the possibility that some cases of criminal paternalism might include among their justifying reasons an appeal to human dignity.
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1MURPHY, J. G., "Retribution, Justice and Therapy. Essays in the Philosophy of Law" (review)Australasian Journal of Philosophy 59 (n/a): 352. 1981.
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94Judicial Corrosion: Outlines of a TheoryCriminal Justice Ethics 31 (1): 19-30. 2012.Abstract Even judiciaries that do not have histories of serious or pervasive corruption need to be watchful lest what I refer to as judicial corrosion occurs. Drawing on studies of institutional entropy, I identify some of the external and internal sources of such corrosion and comment briefly on challenges that face its prevention or repair within the judicial realm
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344The Blue Wall of SilenceInternational Journal of Applied Philosophy 15 (1): 1-23. 2001.The “blue wall of silence” -- the rule that police officers will not testify against each other -- has its roots in an important associational virtue, loyalty, which, in the context of friendship and familial relations, is of central importance. This article seeks to distinguish the worthy roots of the “blue wall” from its frequent corruption in the covering up of serious criminality, and attempts to offer criteria for determining when to testify and when to respond in other ways to the flaws of…Read more
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119Human Flourishing, Human Dignity, and Human RightsLaw and Philosophy 32 (5): 539-564. 2013.Rather than treating them as discrete and incommensurable ideas, we sketch some connections between human flourishing and human dignity, and link them to human rights. We contend that the metaphor of flourishing provides an illuminating aspirational framework for thinking about human development and obligations, and that the idea of human dignity is a critical element within that discussion. We conclude with some suggestions as to how these conceptions of human dignity and human flourishing migh…Read more
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26Review of Simon Keller, The Limits of Loyalty (review)Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews 2008 (4). 2008.
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29Police Loyalties: A Refuge for Scoundrels?Professional Ethics, a Multidisciplinary Journal 5 (1): 29-42. 1996.
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49The Paternalistic PrincipleCriminal Law and Philosophy 10 (2): 315-327. 2016.In this paper, I critique one aspect of Simester and von Hirsch’s, Crimes, Harms, and Wrongs—their recognition of harm and offence principles, but failure to construct a paternalistic principle, despite their willingness to countenance some small measure of criminal paternalism. Construction of such a principle would have clarified the problems of as well as the limits to criminalising paternalism.
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4Ethics and Criminal Justice: An Introduction (edited book)Cambridge University Press. 2008.This textbook looks at the main ethical questions that confront the criminal justice system - legislature, law enforcement, courts, and corrections - and those who work within that system, especially police officers, prosecutors, defence lawyers, judges, juries, and prison officers. John Kleinig sets the issues in the context of a liberal democratic society and its ethical and legislative underpinnings, and illustrates them with a wide and international range of real-life case studies. Topics co…Read more
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18PostscriptJournal of Philosophy of Education 7 (2). 1973.John Kleinig; Postscript 1, Journal of Philosophy of Education, Volume 7, Issue 2, 30 May 2006, Pages 177–178, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9752.1973.tb00479.
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17From Social Justice to Criminal Justice: Poverty and the Administration of Criminal Law (edited book)Oxford University Press USA. 2000.The economically deprived come into contact with the criminal court system in disproportionate number. This collection of original, interactive essays, written from a variety of ideological perspectives, explores some of the more troubling questions and ethical dilemmas inherent in this situation. The contributors, including well-known legal and political philosophers Philip Pettit, George Fletcher, and Jeremy Waldron, examine issues such as heightened vulnerability, indigent representation, and…Read more
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John Jay College of Criminal Justice (CUNY)Retired faculty
New York City, New York, United States of America
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Applied Ethics |
Normative Ethics |
Social and Political Philosophy |
Philosophy of Law |
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