The Moral Heart of Public Service
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| Rating | : | 4.60 (678 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B01ND19W2Q |
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| Number of Pages | : | 442 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-05-05 |
| Language | : | English |
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Now more than ever, public servants must consider and reassess how to keep moral courage in public life alive. 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
-- Elizabeth Butler-Sloss, House of Lords and former President, Family Division, High Court Social capital is the glue that holds communities together and it is a vital commodity in short supply. All power to a book like this in redressing that imbalance. And so does this book. -- Bernard Hogan-Howe, Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police until 2017 A timely, thought-provoking book of lectures and essays. We live in an age when noisy moralism is everywhere, and the news and social media have invaded the pulpit. -- Mark Easton, BBC News Home Editor The conflict between moral courage, idealism and compromise requires constant attention, and it is this struggle that keeps us morally alive and allows us to retain our souls. -- Matthew Parris, T
She was formerly an expert in medical ethics, environmental ethics, on learning ethics through storytelling, and she created an Institute at St Paul's Cathedral for ethics in finance before founding the Westminster Abbey Institute for ethics in public life. . Claire Foster-Gilbert has published four books and numerous articles, and has extensive media experience. She has been called a 'quiet public intellectual'