Military Ethics

by Igor Primoratz

This book offers a selection of the best scholarly articles on military ethics published in recent decades. It gives a hearing to all the main ethical approaches to war: just war theory, consequentialism, and pacifism.

Military Ethics

Author: Igor Primoratz

Publisher: Routledge

ISBN: 1351917560

Page: 572

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Recent developments such as the 'new wars' or the growing privatisation of warfare, and the ever more sophisticated military technology, present the military with difficult ethical challenges. This book offers a selection of the best scholarly articles on military ethics published in recent decades. It gives a hearing to all the main ethical approaches to war: just war theory, consequentialism, and pacifism. Part I includes essays on justice of war (jus ad bellum), focussing on defence against aggression and humanitarian armed intervention, but also addressing topics such as conscientious objection and the relation of patriotism to war. Articles in Part II deal with the central problems of justice in war (jus in bello): civilian immunity and 'collateral damage' to civilian life and property. Essays in Part III look into the moral issues facing the military as a profession, such as the civil - military relations, the responsibilities of officers to their soldiers and to their military superiors, and the status and responsibilities of prisoners of war.

Military Ethics

by Malham M. Wakin

Reflections on Principles-The Profession of Arms, Military Leadership, Ethical
Practices, War and Morality, Educating the Citizen-Soldier Malham M. Wakin,
James Kempf. Richard T. DeGeorge ...

Military Ethics

Author: Malham M. Wakin

Publisher: DIANE Publishing

ISBN: 9780788113116

Page: 250

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Ethics Education in the Military

by Nigel de Lee

Chapter 12 Teaching and Training Military Ethics: An Israeli Experience Asa
Kasher The purpose of the present chapter is to describe the author's experience
in teaching military ethics within the framework of the Israel Defence Force (IDF).

Ethics Education in the Military

Author: Nigel de Lee

Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.

ISBN: 1409498638

Page: 224

View: 903

With formal ethics education programmes being a rarity in most countries' armed forces, there is a growing importance for servicemen to undergo additional military ethics training. But how do we ensure that soldiers learn the right lessons from it? Furthermore, how can we achieve a uniformity of approach? The current lack of uniformity about what constitutes ethical behaviour and how troops should be educated in it is potentially a cause for serious alarm. This book advances knowledge and understanding of the issues associated with this subject by bringing together experts from around the world to analyze the content, mode of instruction, theoretical underpinnings, and the effect of cultural and national differences within current ethics programmes. It also explores whether such programmes are best run by military officers, chaplains or academic philosophers, and reflects whether it is feasible to develop common principles and approaches for the armed forces of all Western countries. This is an invaluable volume for military academies and staff colleges to enhance understanding of a matter which requires much further thought and which is becoming a vital force in influencing outcomes on the battlefields of the twenty-first century. The book will primarily be of interest to military officers and others directly involved in ethics education in the military, as well as to philosophers and students of military affairs.

Military Ethics

by Th. A. Van Baarda

Foreword C.van der Knaap xiii Introduction xvii Chapter 1 Military Ethics: Its
Nature and Pedagogy 1 Th.A. van Baarda and D.E.M. Verweij 1.1 The Existence
of Grey Areas and the Relevance of Military Ethics 1 1.2 The Different “Layers” of
 ...

Military Ethics

Author: Th. A. Van Baarda

Publisher: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers

ISBN: 900415440X

Page: 395

View: 996

This collection is a unique joint venture of teachers in, and practitioners of military ethics. Representatives of each branch of the Armed Forces, i.e. the Navy, the Army, the Air Force and the Military Police, discuss their branch-specific experiences with moral questions and dilemma's. The moral questions and dilemma's which arise in their work are also discussed by certain professional groups within the Armed Forces, such as the Military Medical Service and the Military Psychological Service. Detailed attention is given to how junior commanders can enhance morally responsible behaviour within their unit. A substantial part of the book focuses on teaching military ethics. It includes the Socratic dialogue, decision-making skills, and a chapter containing fictitious moral dilemmas that can be used as exercises. The book is aimed at those responsible for training at military training centres as well as at cadets, midshipmen and young officers. It will also be an important tool for commanders preparing for a mission. And it will be of use for all those concerned with the subject of military ethics at policy and management level, both in the armed forces and outside it. Military Ethics: The Dutch Approach - A Practical Guide is an adapted translation of the main chapters of the Dutch-language volume "Praktijkboek Militaire Ethiek" (Practitioner's Guide Military Ethics).

Military Ethics

by N. Fotion

Military ethics can be usefully compared with applied ethics in the various
professions including medicine, law, business and education. A most important
difference is that it guides and constrains actions that in other contexts are
normally ...

Military Ethics

Author: N. Fotion

Publisher: Routledge

ISBN: 1000258920

Page: 320

View: 468

Many people believe that the violent and disruptive nature of war makes a military ethic impossible. The authors of this book, originally published in 1986 however, develop an ethical system that aims to control the military monster at least to some degree, rather than one that preaches to it idealistically – with little or no effect. Military ethics, they believe, must be an ethics for peacetime as well as an ethics for war, an ethics for soldiers in the field as well as an ethics for political leaders, and their book is designed to meet these needs. It presents a practical, utilitarian approach: an ethics of what is possible rather than what is ideal, drawing on real military experience and different from any other work previously published. The authors argue that both the pacifists, who claim that the horrible and ungovernable nature of war makes it morally wrong, and the realists, who believe that wars must be fought, but fought without moral scruple, are mistaken. They show that careful attention to the actual circumstances in which individual combatants function and the social institutions shaping their action allows genuine moral constraint. With its emphasis on real problems, Military Ethics will be of practical help to policy makers and military personnel at all levels, as well as being of great interest to students of applied philosophy and ethics.

Military Ethics and Emerging Technologies

by Timothy J. Demy

Chapter 8 Moral Predators: The Duty to Employ Uninhabited Aerial Vehicles
Bradley Jay Strawser Journal of Military Ethics, volume 9, issue 4 (2010) pp. 342
–368 Chapter 9 Saying 'No!' to Lethal Autonomous Targeting Noel Sharkey
Journal ...

Military Ethics and Emerging Technologies

Author: Timothy J. Demy

Publisher: Routledge

ISBN: 1317661664

Page: 313

View: 568

This volume looks at current and emerging technologies of war and some of the ethical issues surrounding their use. Although the nature and politics of war never change, the weapons and technologies used in war do change and are always undergoing development. Because of that, the arsenal of weapons for twenty-first century conflict is different from previous centuries. Weapons in today’s world include an array of instruments of war that include, robotics, cyber war capabilities, human performance enhancement for warriors, and the proliferation of an entire spectrum of unmanned weapons systems and platforms. Tactical weapons now have the potential of strategic results and have changed the understanding of the battle space creating ethical, legal, and political issues unknown in the pre-9/11 world. What do these technologies mean for things such as contemporary international relations, the just-war tradition, and civil-military relations? Directed at readers in the academic, scientific, military, and public policy communities, this volume offers current thought on ethics and emerging technologies from internationally-recognized scholars addressing the full spectrum of issues in present warfare technology. It includes current and ongoing topics of multi-discipline and international interest, such as ethics, law, international relations, war studies, public policy, science and technology. This book was originally published in various issues and volumes of the Journal of Military Ethics.

Routledge Handbook of Military Ethics

by George Lucas

In time, military and civilian hospitals abandoned these practices when
alternative forms of training became available (for example, practicing on
mannequins).3 I. The Ethical Principles of Military Medical Ethics Both military
and medical ethics ...

Routledge Handbook of Military Ethics

Author: George Lucas

Publisher: Routledge

ISBN: 1317801776

Page: 476

View: 989

The Routledge Handbook of Military Ethics is a comprehensive reference work that addresses concerns held in common by the military services of many nations. It attempts to discern both moral dilemmas and clusters of moral principles held in common by all practitioners of this profession, regardless of nation or culture. Comprising essays by contributors drawn from the four service branches (Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine corps) as well as civilian academics specializing in this field, this handbook discusses the relationship of "ethics" in the military setting to applied and professional ethics generally. Leading scholars and senior military practitioners from countries including the US, UK, France, China, Australia and Japan, discuss various national cultural views of the moral dimensions of military service. With reference to the responsibilities of professional orientation and education, as well as the challenges posed by recent technological developments, this handbook examines the difficulties underpinning the fundamental framework of military service. This book will be of much interest to students of military studies, war theory, ethics philosophy, sociology, war and conflict studies, and security studies.

Military Medical Ethics Volume 1

by

These two volumes will explore the subject of military medical ethics and attempt
to meld the somewhat disparate disciplines of medical ethics and military ethics.
When this project was in the developmental stage, a great deal of consideration ...

Military Medical Ethics Volume 1

Author:

Publisher: DIANE Publishing

ISBN: 1428910654

Page:

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The Ashgate Research Companion to Military Ethics

by Dr James Turner Johnson

Military ethics as a distinct field, as noted in the General Introduction to this
volume, has its chief origins in the efforts of a relatively small number of
professional officers serving in the various branches of the U.S. military during
the late 1970s ...

The Ashgate Research Companion to Military Ethics

Author: Dr James Turner Johnson

Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.

ISBN: 1472416287

Page: 464

View: 469

This Companion provides scholars and graduates, serving and retired military professionals, members of the diplomatic and policy communities concerned with security affairs, and legal professionals who deal with military law and with international law on armed conflicts, with a comprehensive and authoritative state-of-the-art review of current research in the area of military ethics. Topics in this volume reflect both perennial and pressing contemporary issues in the ethics of the use of military force and are written by established professionals and respected commentators.

Issues in Military Ethics

by Martin L. Cook

Section I Overview Legacies and New Challenges In this first section, we will
address some quite general questions in military ethics. The first chapter, “What
Should we mean by 'Military Ethics)?” was coauthored with the distinguished ...

Issues in Military Ethics

Author: Martin L. Cook

Publisher: SUNY Press

ISBN: 1438446918

Page: 264

View: 490

Reflections on, and analysis of, ethical issues facing military service in the United States.

Military Ethics and Virtues

by Peter Olsthoorn

The moral standing of the military These days, military personnel are now and
then depicted in the literature on military ethics as possessing a higher caliber of
virtue than the average man or woman, sometimes even as a moral beacon to ...

Military Ethics and Virtues

Author: Peter Olsthoorn

Publisher: Routledge

ISBN: 1136894292

Page: 192

View: 867

This book examines the role of military virtues in today's armed forces. Although long-established military virtues, such as honor, courage and loyalty, are what most armed forces today still use as guiding principles in an effort to enhance the moral behavior of soldiers, much depends on whether the military virtues adhered to by these militaries suit a particular mission or military operation. Clearly, the beneficiaries of these military virtues are the soldiers themselves, fellow-soldiers, and military organizations, yet there is little that regulates the behavior of soldiers towards civilian populations. As a result, troops trained for combat in today's missions sometimes experience difficulty in adjusting to the less aggressive ways of working needed to win the hearts and minds of local populations after major combat is over. It can be argued that today's missions call for virtues that are more inclusive than the traditional ones, which are mainly about enhancing military effectiveness, but a convincing case can be made that a lot can already be won by interpreting these traditional virtues in different ways. This volume offers an integrated approach to the main traditional virtues, exploring their possible relevance and proposing new ways of interpretation that are more in line with the military tasks of the 21st century. The book will be of much interest to students of military ethics, philosophy, and war and conflict in general.

Military Ethics Looking Toward the Future

by N. Fotion

q CHAPTER ONE q Pacifism and Realism Revisited Introduction To many people
, talk about military ethics has the flavor of a joke — to some, even a sick joke —
because it seems strange or contradictory to conjoin ethics with military matters.

Military Ethics Looking Toward the Future

Author: N. Fotion

Publisher: Hoover Press

ISBN: 9780817989736

Page: 122

View: 697

Military Ethics and Peace Psychology

by Jean Maria Arrigo

For example, although the discussion of Just War explored the moral principle of
humanity, it was the overview of international law that named its antagonist:
military necessity. In determinations of proportionality, it is the principle of
humanity ...

Military Ethics and Peace Psychology

Author: Jean Maria Arrigo

Publisher: Psychology Press

ISBN: 1317759206

Page: 112

View: 694

First published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

The Warrior Military Ethics and Contemporary Warfare

by Dr Pauline M. Kaurin

... about asymmetric war through the lens of the military/civilian culture gap as a
means to bring together the lines of thought in the previous chapters and to draw
out the implications of my arguments about the Warrior ethos and military ethics.

The Warrior Military Ethics and Contemporary Warfare

Author: Dr Pauline M. Kaurin

Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.

ISBN: 1409465381

Page: 154

View: 266

When it comes to thinking about war and warriors, first there was Achilles, and then the rest followed. The choice of the term warrior is an important one for this discussion. While there has been extensive discussion on what counts as military professionalism, that is what makes a soldier, sailor or other military personnel a professional, the warrior archetype (varied for the various roles and service branches) still holds sway in the military self-conception, rooted as it is in the more existential notions of war, honor and meaning. In this volume, Kaurin uses Achilles as a touch stone for discussing the warrior, military ethics and the aspects of contemporary warfare that go by the name of 'asymmetrical war.' The title of the book cuts two ways-Achilles as a warrior archetype to help us think through the moral implications and challenges posed by asymmetrical warfare, but also as an archetype of our adversaries to help us think about asymmetric opponents.

Kantian Thinking about Military Ethics

by Professor J Carl Ficarrotta

Chapter 6 Should Members of the Military Fight in Immoral Wars? A Case for
Selective Conscientious Objection Every man has a conscience and finds himself
observed, threatened, and in general, kept in awe ... by an internal judge.

Kantian Thinking about Military Ethics

Author: Professor J Carl Ficarrotta

Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.

ISBN: 1409499618

Page: 146

View: 691

Kantian-inspired approaches to ethics are a hugely important part of the philosophical landscape in the 21st century, yet the lion's share of the work done in service of these approaches has been at the theoretical level. Moreover, when we survey writing in which Kantian-inspired thinkers address practical ethical problems, we do not often enough find sustained attention being paid to issues in military ethics. This collection presents a sampling of how an ethicist who takes Kantian commitments seriously addresses controversial questions in the profession of arms. It examines some of the less frequently studied topics within military ethics such as women in combat, military careerism, homosexuality, teaching bad ethics, immoral wars, collateral damage and just war theory. Presenting philosophical thinking in an easy to understand style, the volume has much to offer to a military audience.

Cultural Heritage Ethics and the Military

by Peter G. Stone

Just after I began the fellowship two articles were published in The Lancet by
Steve Miles in which he discussed alleged violations of military medical ethics
that may have transpired through physician involvement in hostile interrogations
 ...

Cultural Heritage Ethics and the Military

Author: Peter G. Stone

Publisher: Boydell Press

ISBN: 184383538X

Page: 228

View: 917

Examines the ethical dilemma of whether, and how, archaeologists and other experts should work with the military to protect cultural property in times of conflict.

Military Medical Ethics for the 21st Century

by Mr Don Carrick

medical ethic, with the main focus of loyalty being the professional ethic instead
of the organization, is still too farfetched. ... Journal of Military Ethics, 8(2), 105–15
. Cook, M.L. 2004. The Moral Warrior: Ethics and Service in the U.S. Military.

Military Medical Ethics for the 21st Century

Author: Mr Don Carrick

Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.

ISBN: 1409473961

Page: 320

View: 380

As asymmetric ‘wars among the people’ replace state-on-state wars in modern armed conflict, the growing role of military medicine and medical technology in contemporary war fighting has brought an urgent need to critically reassess the theory and practice of military medical ethics. Military Medical Ethics for the 21st Century is the first full length, broad-based treatment of this important subject. Written by an international team of practitioners and academics, this book provides interdisciplinary insights into the major issues facing military-medical decision makers and critically examines the tensions and dilemmas inherent in the military and medical professions. In this book the authors explore the practice of battlefield bioethics, medical neutrality and treatment of the wounded, enhancement technologies for war fighters, the potential risks of dual-use biotechnologies, patient rights for active duty personnel, military medical research and military medical ethics education in the 21st Century.

Ethics Law and Military Operations

by David Whetham

Purpose Public interest in military ethics and the laws of war has been
heightened in recent years, beyond that of the traditional military practitioner
community. Contemporary 'wars of choice' or 'discretionary conflicts', particularly
where vital ...

Ethics Law and Military Operations

Author: David Whetham

Publisher: Macmillan International Higher Education

ISBN: 1137063815

Page: 248

View: 330

Public anger at perceived ethical and legal failures in recent wars has reinforced the importance of understanding military ethics. Ethics, Law and Military Operations is one of the first texts to examine both the ethical and the legal considerations of contemporary military conflict. It adopts a practical approach to explore the ways in which legal and normative issues combine to affect the entire spectrum of military operations, from high-intensity conflict to peacekeeping activities and the provision of humanitarian aid. With an operational perspective in mind, this text delivers accessible frameworks for evaluating and applying fundamental legal and ethical concepts. Written by an international team of military practitioners and academics, this book provides interdisciplinary insights into the major issues facing military decision-makers. The first half of the book explores the ethical and legal underpinnings of warfare. Later chapters use case studies to examine specific issues in the contemporary operating environment.