The Moral Heart of Public Service

Claire Foster-Gilbert

• Editorial: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Año: 2017
• ISBN:
  9781784505400
• Categoría: Teología y religión
• Categoría: Ética y religión

Now more than ever, public servants must consider and reassess how to keep moral courage in public life alive. With ethical expectations and needs changing and government policies under increasing moral scrutiny, Claire Foster-Gilbert of Westminster Abbey Institute gathers a series of essays and lectures by herself and others, exploring the meaning of 'moral code' in today's public service, and how it can be rekindled in practice.

Timely and timeless, the book is founded on traditional values of honesty, moral rigour and neighbourliness, and discusses how to champion stability, peace, community and virtue in contemporary public life. The authors, including eminent figures such as the former President of Ireland Mary McAleese, historian Peter Hennessy, former First Secretary of State William Hague and former Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams, explain how realistic compromises can be balanced with clear goal-setting for ideal results.

Forward-thinking and authoritative, this book will be a precious resource to anyone seeking to boost the circulation of integrity throughout all aspects of public life.

Índice

• Cover
• Title Page
• Contents
• Foreword
• Introduction
• Humanizing Hell: Our Restless Conscience and the Search for Peace
• Strengthening Moral Courage in Public Life
• Building Communities
• Idealism and Compromise
• The Staying Power of Benedict in Parliament Square
• Benedictine Values in Public Life
• Reflections: Timeliness and Timelessness
• Afterword
• References
• Author Biographies
• Subject Index
• Author Index
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• Acknowledgements
• Copyright
• Of Related Interest
• Endorsements