The moral warrior: ethics and service in the U.S. military
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1. Verfasser: Cook, Martin L. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Albany, NY State University of New York Press 2004
Schriftenreihe:SUNY series, ethics and the military profession
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-172) and index
Moral facets of military service -- The moral framework of war -- Why serve the state? Moral foundations of military officership -- The normative dimensions of military professionalism -- The moral role of professional military advice -- Moral soldiers and moral causes: serving the needs of justice in the new world order -- Just peacemaking: the challenges of humanitarian intervention -- Resisting global terrorism -- Noncombatant immunity and the force protection imperative -- Strategic theory, military practice, and the laws of war: the case of strategic bombing -- Transcending Westphalia
For the first time in history, the capabilities of the U.S. military for outstrip those of any potential rival, either singly or collectively, and this reality raises fundamental questions about its role, nature, and conduct. The Moral Warrior explores a wide range of ethical issues regarding the nature and purpose of voluntary military service, the moral meaning of the unique military power of the United States in the contemporary world, and the moral challenges posed by the "war" on terrorism
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (xii, 174 pages)
ISBN:0791462412
0791462420
1423740270
9780791462416
9780791462423
9781423740278

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