An Introduction to Military Ethics
A Reference Handbook
1st Edition
Published on 23. September 2009
176 pages
978-0-313-35047-4 (ISBN)
Description
This comprehensive overview examines the many facets of military ethics as they are applied during times of armed conflict and times of peace.
An Introduction to Military Ethics: A Reference Handbook presents the philosophical and conceptual foundations of military ethics, offering an excellent foundation for exploration and discussion of these issues. It focuses first on the 2,500-year legacy of the "just war theory" and its application through history. It then moves to the application of that tradition in the modern era, showing how acts of terrorism by nonstate participants require a new theory and way of thinking about when and how armed force can be justifiably employed. Further, the author analyzes how new theories might alter the fundamental identity of traditional defensive military forces.
The book also addresses peacetime ethical issues, such as gender integration and the role of religion in the military. The book is essential reading for military officers and students, as well as those policymakers who confront decisions about how to deploy military force during the War on Terror.
An Introduction to Military Ethics: A Reference Handbook presents the philosophical and conceptual foundations of military ethics, offering an excellent foundation for exploration and discussion of these issues. It focuses first on the 2,500-year legacy of the "just war theory" and its application through history. It then moves to the application of that tradition in the modern era, showing how acts of terrorism by nonstate participants require a new theory and way of thinking about when and how armed force can be justifiably employed. Further, the author analyzes how new theories might alter the fundamental identity of traditional defensive military forces.
The book also addresses peacetime ethical issues, such as gender integration and the role of religion in the military. The book is essential reading for military officers and students, as well as those policymakers who confront decisions about how to deploy military force during the War on Terror.
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Series
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
College/higher education
ISBN-13
978-0-313-35047-4 (9780313350474)
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09/2009
Praeger Publishers Inc
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Person
Bill Rhodes conducts research and development in professional ethics for his company, Aerworthy Consulting, LLC., in Franktown, CO.
Content
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction Ethics in the Real World
Chapter 1 An Overview of Applied Ethics for the Military
Chapter 2 Just War Thinking (JWT) in Historical Perspective
Chapter 3 Philosophical Foundations of Military Ethics
Chapter 4 Jus ad Bellum Today
Chapter 5 Jus in Bello Today
Chapter 6 Adapting to Contemporary Challenges
Chapter 7 Cultural Ethical Issues
Chapter 8 Modern Military Identity
Selected Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgments
Introduction Ethics in the Real World
Chapter 1 An Overview of Applied Ethics for the Military
Chapter 2 Just War Thinking (JWT) in Historical Perspective
Chapter 3 Philosophical Foundations of Military Ethics
Chapter 4 Jus ad Bellum Today
Chapter 5 Jus in Bello Today
Chapter 6 Adapting to Contemporary Challenges
Chapter 7 Cultural Ethical Issues
Chapter 8 Modern Military Identity
Selected Bibliography
Index
