Chesterton and Policing
Philosophers are increasingly interested in studying policing, often with an eye to reforming it or even abolishing it. In this paper, I bring together some of G. K. Chesterton's scattered remarks on the subject. I show that Chesterton anticipates many of the ideas current in the policing liter...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2025
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American catholic philosophical quarterly
Year: 2025, Volume: 99, Issue: 2, Pages: 315-335 |
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| Summary: | Philosophers are increasingly interested in studying policing, often with an eye to reforming it or even abolishing it. In this paper, I bring together some of G. K. Chesterton's scattered remarks on the subject. I show that Chesterton anticipates many of the ideas current in the policing literature. Having tried to bring some order to these disparate comments, I then try to construct a preliminary philosophy of policing based on them. I connect Distributist thought to ideas in a recent book by Brandon del Pozo. The upshot, roughly, is that we should look to develop a robust form of community policing that reemphasizes the duties of ordinary citizens and thinks of the duties of professional police as mere extensions of them. |
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| ISSN: | 2153-8441 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: American catholic philosophical quarterly
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.5840/acpq2025513314 |
