The Ethics of Whistleblowing

ISBN-13: 9781138343696 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 104 str.

Eric R. Boot

Opis

Following the enormous political, legal and media interest that has surrounded high profile cases of whistleblowing, such as Chelsea Manning and Edward Snowden, the fundamental ethical questions surrounding whistleblowing have often been obscured. In this fascinating book Eric Boot examines the ethical issues at stake in whistleblowing.

Spis treści

1. Introduction  2. A pro tanto wrong  3. The public interest and the justification of whistleblowing  4. Possible legal defenses for justified whistleblowing (1): A right to whistleblowing?  5. Possible legal defenses for justified whistleblowing (2): A public interest defense  6. Obligatory whistleblowing.  Index

O autorze

Eric R. Boot is a Lecturer at Utrecht University, The Netherlands. He is also the author of Human Duties and the Limits of Human Rights Discourse (2017).