“I see loyalty - roughly perseverance in relational commitments despite the cost of such perseverance - as an important human value/virtue. Think of it as a kind of relational glue.” ThinkingKindImportantValuesVirtueCommitmentPerseveranceLoyaltyHuman Values Author:John Kleinig
“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 should not be left for individual ethical negotiation. What is important - in the end - is that we are enabled to flourish in ways that acknowledge our dignity.” ImportantIndividualEthicsDignityAcknowledgeEthicalNegotiation Author:John Kleinig
“Loyalty saves us from the self-advantaging compromising of important relations - such as friendship, marital and professional commitments, group memberships, and so on. But as the Aristotelians would put it, its expression requires phronesis - wisdom not to allow it to compromise other important virtues ,there is something to the ancient doctrine of the unity of the virtues. I believe that is true of all virtues, but especially of the executive virtues - such as industriousness, sincerity, conscientiousness, and courage - which may become detached from substantive goods.” BelieveImportantI BelieveVirtueCommitmentRelationUnityAncientLoyaltyCompromiseSincerity Author:John Kleinig