A Question of Trust
(Sprache: Englisch)
Onora O'Neill investigates sources of deception in our society and re-examines questions of press freedom.
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Onora O'Neill investigates sources of deception in our society and re-examines questions of press freedom.
Inhaltsverzeichnis zu „A Question of Trust “
1. Spreading suspicion; 2. Trust and terror; 3. Called to account; 4. Trust and transparency; 5. Licence to deceive?
Autoren-Porträt von Onora O'Neill
Onora O'Neill is Principal of Newnham College, Cambridge and has written widely on political philosophy, ethics, international justice and Kant.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Onora O'Neill
- 110 Seiten, Maße: 14 x 21,6 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Cambridge University Press
- ISBN-10: 0521529964
- ISBN-13: 9780521529969
- Erscheinungsdatum: 15.07.2016
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Englisch
Rezension zu „A Question of Trust “
'... the philosopher Onora O'Neill, a Cambridge academic who purges the ivory-tower associations with a clarity of thought and expression addressed to real issues.' Martin Hoyle, Financial Times '... the principal of Newnham College, Cambridge, is winning praise for her calmly diffident description of a society whose accountability mania puts it too much in the power of a manipulative central government, for her criticism of human rights rhetoric and her belief that a virtuous individual's action can change history.' The Times 'Onora O'Neill is talking more good sense than any previous lecturer I can recall.' Sunday Telegraph 'The Sun welcomes this debate on cynicism in public life.' Sun 'She is brilliant at making a lazy society define its terms ...'. Jasper Gerard, The Sunday Times '... the principal of Newnham College, Cambridge, is winning praise for her calmly dissident description of a society whose accountability mania puts it too much in the power of a manipulative central government, for her criticism of human rights rhetoric and her belief that a virtuous individual's action can change history.' Vanora Bennett, The Times 'As a moral philosopher, O'Neill specialises in that dizzying thing: teasing out contradictions and confusions within concepts that the rest of us unthinkingly bandy about.' Elisabeth Mahoney, Guardian 'Her lectures are therefore fascinating because they are both thoughtful and relevant.' Rachel Sylvester, Telegraph 'O'Neill ... writes with great clarity and verve. Being a philosopher, she is concerned to raise issues for consideration, to provoke debate, to make us think more deeply ... she articulates and gives depth to issues that must be in many people's minds.' Catholic Herald The combination of serious philosophical discussion with journalistic presentational skills has been brought to a fine art by O'Neill ... The subject of these lectures [is] of enormous and immediate importance ... if anything is transparent, it is the
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truthfulness and good sense of this most admirable lecturer' Baroness Warnock, The Times Higher Education Supplement '... a stimulating and lively read ...'. Practical Philosophy
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