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Empowering Our Military Conscience : Transforming Just War Theory and Military Moral Education.
Title:
Empowering Our Military Conscience : Transforming Just War Theory and Military Moral Education.
Author:
Wertheimer, Roger, Dr.
ISBN:
9780754697657
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (220 pages)
Series:
Military and Defence Ethics
Contents:
Cover -- Contents -- Notes on the Contributors -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: A Great Awakening -- PART I Jus ad Bellum -- 1 The Triumph of Just War Theory (and the Dangers of Success) -- 2 "Methodological Anarchy": Arguing about Preventive War -- 3 Crossing Borders to Fight Injustice: The Ethics of Humanitarian Intervention -- PART II Jus in Bello -- 4 The Proper Role of Intention in Military Decision Making -- 5 Ethics for Calamities: How Strict is the Moral Rule Against Targeting Non-combatants? -- 6 Invincible Ignorance, Moral Equality, and Professional Obligation -- PART III Jus ante Bellum -- 7 The Moral Singularity of Military Professionalism -- 8 The Morality of Military Ethics Education -- Index.
Abstract:
Responding to increasing global anxiety over the ethics education of military personnel, this volume illustrates the depth, rigour and critical acuity of Professional Military Ethics Education (PMEE). While primarily focused on US military academies, the volume will resonate with those responsible for education in military academies across the globe.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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