Integrity and its counterfeits: Shakespeare’s Henriad

Simon Robinson ()
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Simon Robinson: Leeds Beckett University, West Yorkshire, UK

Palgrave Communications, 2016, vol. 2, issue 1, 1-9

Abstract: Abstract The article will briefly and critically review philosophical views on integrity, focusing on integration, identity, standing up for moral principles and ethical decision-making practice. It will explore integrity as Aristotle’s virtue of truthfulness, noting how this leads to engagement with the self and the social network. This demands the practice of responsibility, involving: critical agency (developing authorship of the ethical narrative), accountability (involving plural and mutual dialogue) and creative (positive) responsibility (involving both narrative and dialogue around action). In light of this dynamic and social view of integrity the second part the article explores counterfeit integrity. It distinguishes counterfeit integrity based in unexamined ideology and identity from counterfeit integrity based in intentional deception of others about beliefs, values and motives. Each of these is illustrated by figures from Shakespeare’s Henriad and parallel cases in business and sport. This article is published as part of a collection on integrity and its counterfeits.

Date: 2016
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