Making the Military Moral: Contemporary Challenges and Responses in Military Ethics Education

ISBN-13: 9781472412058 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 176 str.

David Whetham; Don Carrick; James Connelly

Opis

This book offers insightful and constructive advice on ethics education for the military, both theoretical and practical, about how situations can be improved and the means that could and should be employed towards this end. The media continue to headline instances of grossly unethical behaviour in areas of conflict by members of Western armed forces with immeasurable and perhaps irreparable harm to any campaign to win the 'hearts and minds' of the people and to any claim by Western democracies to hold the moral high ground. The solution to the problem is perceived to lie in education with military personnel trained and educated so that they will 'do the right thing' in all circumstances, no matter what the pressures might be on them to deviate from the high moral standards expected of them. In previous books in this series, authors provided overviews of the past and present state of the provision of ethics education in the training and education establishments of Western liberal democracies. The authors did not look, at least in any detail, to the future. By building upon the background material contained in previous volumes, this volume will fill this gap. Drawing lessons from recent examples of unethical conduct, this original book offers insightful and constructive advice, both theoretical and practical, as to how situations can be improved and on the means that could and should be employed towards this end. This book will be of much interest to students of military studies, ethics and international relations.

Recenzje

'Making the Military Moral provides a rich tapestry of diverse issues in military ethics and military ethics education. One of its great strengths is the diversity of perspectives, both disciplinary and international, it offers on these issues. This volume is an important contribution to an increasingly global conversation on issue of military ethics.' -- Martin L. Cook, United States Naval War College

Spis treści

1. On Making the Military Moral, James Connelly 2. Why Morality Matters to the Military, David Fisher 3. Military Ethics and the Importance of Cultural Competency, George Lucas 4. Solving the Military Moral Bystander Problem with Ethics Instruction, Peter Bradley & Allister Macintyre 5. Ethics at and after war: challenging battlefields, Stéphanie A.H. Bélanger and Michelle Moore 6. An Organic Professional Military Ethic and the Educational Challenge, Sally Rohan 7. Ethical Challenges for the Modern Military, John Thomas 8. Challenges in combining ethical education for conscripts and professional military: the Finnish point of view, Janne Aalto 9. Evaluating Military Ethics Education: common values, specific contexts, George Wilkes 10. Challenges to the Professional Military Ethics Education Landscape, David Whetham