The Moral Heart of Public Service

Author:   Claire Foster-Gilbert ,  The Dean of Westminster ,  Stephen Lamport ,  William Hague
Publisher:   Jessica Kingsley Publishers
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9781785922558


Pages:   288
Publication Date:   21 June 2017
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Claire Foster-Gilbert ,  The Dean of Westminster ,  Stephen Lamport ,  William Hague
Publisher:   Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Imprint:   Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 22.00cm
Weight:   0.486kg
ISBN:  

9781785922558


ISBN 10:   1785922556
Pages:   288
Publication Date:   21 June 2017
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  General/trade ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Foreword - The Dean of Westminster. Introduction - Claire Foster-Gilbert. 1. Humanising hell: our restless conscience and the search for peace - William Hague. 2. Strengthening Moral Courage in Public Life - Claire Foster-Gilbert. 3. Building Communities - Mary McAleese and John Hall. 4. Idealism and Compromise - Vernon White. 5. The Staying Power of Benedict in Parliament Square - Rowan Williams. 6. Benedictine Values in Public Life - Vernon White, Andrew Tremlett, Claire Foster-Gilbert. 7. Reflections: timeliness and timelessness - Peter Hennessy and Claire Foster-Gilbert. Afterword - Stephen Lamport. References.

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We live in an age when noisy moralism is everywhere, and the news and social media have invaded the pulpit. Quiet reflection on moral truth, however, and the noble sobriety of public administration, have become under-valued virtues. All power to a book like this in redressing that imbalance. -- Matthew Parris, Times columnist and author Meet the better angels of your nature. Find out what 'public service' really means. -- Lord Saatchi In this increasingly uncertain society of post truth in which we live, the lectures and discussions are thought-provoking and timely. They give the opportunity for reflection, particularly, for those who serve the public, in whatever capacity, to know where they stand and having found that place hold to it. Congratulations to the Westminster Abbey Institute. -- Elizabeth Butler-Sloss, House of Lords and former President, Family Division, High Court


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Claire Foster-Gilbert has published four books and numerous articles, and has extensive media experience. 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. She has been called a 'quiet public intellectual'.

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