The moral heart of public service / edited by Claire Foster-Gilbert ; foreword by John Hall, Dean of Westminster ; afterword by Stephen Lamport.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Foster-Gilbert, Claire, 1964- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Civil service ethics.

Public officers--Professional ethics.

Public officers.

Political ethics.

Physical Description:

288 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

London, UK ; Philadelphia, PA : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2017.

Summary:

One year on from the Brexit referendum, moral courage is needed more than ever. Here to debate and elucidate the ethical challenges of their work is a stellar cast of contributors from politics, public service and religion: Claire Foster-Gilbert, William Hague, John Hall, Peter Hennessy, Stephen Lamport, Mary McAleese, Andrew Tremlett, Vernon White and Rowan Williams. In a wide-ranging collection of constructive conversations and essays brought together by the Westminster Abbey Institute, they explore the urgency and the practicalities of keeping the moral heart of public service alive. Book jacket.

Contents:

Introduction / Claire Foster-Gilbert

Humanizing hell : our restless conscience and the search for peace / William Hague

Strengthening moral courage in public life / Claire Foster-Gilbert

Building communities / Mary McAleese and John Hall

Idealism and compromise / Vernon White

The staying power of Benedict in parliament square / Rowan Williams

Benedictine values in public life / Vernon White, Andrew Tremlett, Claire Foster-Gilbert

Reflections : timeliness and timelessness / Peter Hennessy and Claire Foster-Gilbert

Afterword / Stephen Lamport.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9781785922558

1785922556

OCLC:

962435850