It all starts with Aristotle

Much modern thought on good governance is basically a reiteration of classical virtue ethics. Tom Knijp elaborates on this topic by comparing Simon Sinek’s theory of the golden circle with Aristotle’s virtue of practical wisdom or phronesis.

Tom Knijp • April 20, 2018

The Dutch Corporate Governance Code, according to Aristotle

Why do we consider corporate social responsibility to be so important in a post-Enlightenment society where moral relativism and individualism seem to be ubiquitous?

Tom Knijp • November 16, 2017

Why moral character is still present, but mentioned only implicitly

Much contemporary literature on legal philosophy, management, and self-improvement seems like a variation on the age-old theme of classical virtue ethics. But if so, why isn’t this mentioned more explicitly?

Tom Knijp • June 23, 2017 • 2 comments

Freedom: An ongoing endeavour

The theme of the 440th anniversary of Leiden University is freedom. Good reason to reflect on how centuries of freedom struggles have enriched us. We should also dwell on the question of whether there are calls for freedom that still remain to be answered.

Janneke Vink • July 30, 2015 • 2 comments

Punishing juvenile delinquents

In 2010 the Glen Mills treatment programme at a residential facility for juvenile delinquents in Wezep was cancelled. I contend that the Glen Mills method might work excellently in the Netherlands, but only if it is applied fully and without reservations.

Tom Knijp • February 12, 2015 • 3 comments

Politics & Poetics – a philosophical bridge between law and literature

Along with scholars from Warsaw and Oxford, a Leiden scholar announces the first edition of a peer-reviewed journal, which seeks to bring together legal and literary discourses in the life of the political and literary animal, the human person.

Jonathan Price • February 14, 2014

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