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Authors: Michael Skerker
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Military professionals need to have a clear and working knowledge of the ethical decision-making process that underpin their profession in order to evaluate sit
Military Ethics and Virtues
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Pages: 186
Authors: Peter Olsthoorn
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010-09-21 - Publisher: Routledge

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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 wha
Morals under the Gun
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Pages: 292
Authors: James H. Toner
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-10-21 - Publisher: University Press of Kentucky

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James Toner argues that the cardinal virtues are and must be the core values of the military. By embracing these values, the profession of arms serves as a mora
Beyond Just War
Language: en
Pages: 223
Authors: D. Chan
Categories: Political Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-06-01 - Publisher: Springer

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Unlike most books on the ethics of war, this book rejects the 'just war' tradition, proposing a virtue ethics of war to take its place. Like torture, war cannot
Military Ethics and Leadership
Language: en
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Authors: Peter H.J. Olsthoorn
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The edited volume Military Ethics and Leadership explains how good leadership can keep soldiers from crossing the thin line between legitimate force and excessi