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Empowering our military conscience : transforming just war theory and military moral education / edited by Roger Wertheimer.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Military and defence ethics.
- Military and defence ethics
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Military education--Moral and ethical aspects--United States.
- Military education.
- Military education--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Conscience--United States.
- Conscience.
- Military ethics--United States.
- Military ethics.
- Just war doctrine.
- Moral education--United States.
- Moral education.
- War--Moral and ethical aspects.
- War.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (220 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Farnham, Surrey ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2010.
- London : Routledge, 2016.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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.
- 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 Professionalism8 The Morality of Military Ethics Education; Index
- Notes:
- First published 2010 by Ashgate Pub.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-317-14412-0
- 1-315-57940-5
- 1-282-45427-7
- 9786612454271
- 0-7546-9765-7
- 9781315579405
- OCLC:
- 608426312
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