A moral military / Sidney Axinn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Axinn, Sidney.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Military ethics.

War--Moral and ethical aspects.

War.

Kant, Immanuel, 1724-1804--Ethics.

Kant, Immanuel.

Kant, Immanuel, 1724-1804--Influence.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (256 p.)

Edition:

Rev. and expanded ed.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this new edition of the classic book on the moral conduct of war, Sidney Axinn provides a full-length treatment of the military conventions from a philosophical point of view. Axinn considers these basic ethical questions within the context of the laws of warfare: Should a good soldier ever disobey a direct military order? Are there restrictions on how we fight a war? What is meant by "military honor," and does it really affect the contemporary soldier? Is human dignity possible under battlefield conditions?Axinn answers "yes" to these questions. His objective in A Moral M

Contents:

Contents; Preface to the Revised and Expanded Edition; Preface to the First Edition; 1 Introduction; The Kind of Question Involved in Moral Military Action; Must Every Order Be Obeyed?; Forbidden Weapons? Nuclear Weapons? Terrorism?; The Good Soldier; Relations between Officers and Enlisted Personnel; The Moral Foundations of Soldiering; The Order of Topics; The Scope and Limits of This Study; 2 Morality: Why Sacrifice Myself?; What Are Moral Questions? What Is the Meaning of Duty?; The Four Different Theories of Morality; Universal Fairness; Social Utility; Individualism

Religious Foundations The Range and Limits of the Different Moral Styles; The Professional Army Ethic; Choosing Among the Four Moral Styles; 3 Military Honor and the Laws of Warfare: When Can I Lie to the Enemy?; Military Education; Honor: Dual Duties; Honor and Personal Risk: Hero or Coward?; Conclusions; 4 Hostilities: All Is Not Fair; Protecting Powers; The Hague Rules and Some History; A Declaration of War; The Nature of Law; Status of Civilians; The Principle of Double Effect; Hostilities: The General Principle; The Hague Rules, Article 23; Protected Buildings

Legitimate and Illegitimate Strategy 5 Prisoners of War; A History of the POW; Defining the POW; Treatment of POW's; Humane Treatment; Fact vs. Fiction; 6 Spies; Defining a Spy; Treason; Punishment for Spying; The Morality of Spying; Morality out of Uniform; Conclusions; 7 Non-hostile Relations with the Enemy; Parlementaires; Armistices; Surrenders; Safeguards; Military Passports, Safe-conduct Passes, and Cartels; 8 War Crimes, Remedies, and Retaliation (Dirty Warfare); Defining a War Crime; Biological Experiments; Taking Hostages: "Surrender, or I'll Kill This Child!"; Remedies and Reprisals

Punishment for War Crimes Terrorism and the Concept of War Crimes; A Moral Defense for Terrorism?; 9 The Dirty-Hands Theory of Command; Dirty Harry; Four Styles; The So-called Moral Value of Guilt; Collective Morality; A Kantian Solution to the Problem of Dirty Hands; The Principles of Publicity; The Fallacy of Many Questions; 10 Torture; The Evolution of Torture; A Definition of Torture; Arguments For and Against the Use of Torture; Arguments Favoring the Use of Torture Only in Certain Situations; Political Categories Do Not Predict Attitudes Toward Torture; Conclusions

11 Nuclear Devices and Low-intensity Conflicts Nuclear Weapons; Low-intensity Conflicts, Covert Actions,and Psychological Warfare; The Fight against Al Qaeda, the Taliban, and Terror; 12 Conclusions; The War Conventions as a Moral Code; The War Conventions as International Law; Education: Military and Civilian; Military Honor: A Romantic Myth or a Serious Matter?; The Need for Publicity; Enemy Morality; Summary of Themes; Appendix 1. Are the Hague and Geneva Conventions Obsolete?; Appendix 2. Topics Not Considered in the Text; Appendix 3. Test on the Laws of Land Warfare; Notes

Brief Bibliography

Notes:

"With a new chapter on torture."

Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-235) and index.

ISBN:

9786611973384

9781281973382

1281973386

9781592139590

1592139590

OCLC:

437089717