The moral warrior : ethics and service in the U.S. military / Martin L. Cook.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cook, Martin L., 1951-

Series:

SUNY series, ethics and the military profession.

SUNY series, ethics and the military profession

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Military ethics--United States.

Military ethics.

United States--Military policy--Moral and ethical aspects.

United States.

United States--Armed Forces--Moral and ethical aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (188 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Albany, NY : State University of New York Press, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Explores the moral dimensions of the current global role of the U.S. military.

Contents:

Intro

The Moral Warrior

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Part One: Moral Facets of Military Service

1. The Moral Framework of War

2. Why Serve the State? Moral Foundations of Military Officership

3. The Normative Dimensions of Military Professionalism

4. The Moral Role of Professional Military Advice

Part Two: Moral Soldiers and Moral Causes: Serving the Needs of Justice in the New World Order

5. Just Peacemaking: The Challenges of Humanitarian Intervention

6. Resisting Global Terrorism

7. Noncombatant Immunity and the Force Protection Imperative

8. Strategic Theory, Military Practice, and the Laws of War: The Case of Strategic Bombing

9. Transcending Westphalia

Notes

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Index

A

B

C

D

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F

G

H

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J

K

L

M

N

O

P

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W.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 159-172) and index.

ISBN:

9780791484265

0791484262

9781423740278

1423740270

OCLC:

62757107