Ethics, security, and the war-machine : the true cost of the military / Ned Dobos.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dobos, Ned, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Military ethics.

Military readiness--Moral and ethical aspects.

Military readiness.

War--Moral and ethical aspects.

War.

Militarism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vi, 173 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

True cost of the military

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2020.

Summary:

This text addresses the question of when (if ever) and why (if at all) it is justifiable for a polity to prepare for war by militarizing. In doing so it highlights the ways in which a civilian population compromises its own security in maintaining a permanent military establishment, and explores the moral and social costs of militarization.

Contents:

Cover

Ethics, Security, and The War-Machine: The True Cost of the Military

Copyright

Contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Jus Ante Bellum: Justifying the War-Machine

Non-Pacifistic Anti-Militarism

The True Cost of the Military: Outline of the Book

1: Military Conditioning and Moral Damage

Making Killers

Moral Injury

Dehumanization Done Right?

Self-Forgetfulness and Obedience Unto Death

Conclusion

2: The Coup Risk

Foreign Occupation, Self-Definition, and Human Rights

The Civil-Military Gap

Warrior-Class Consciousness

Co-nationality and the Human Responses

Nowhere is 'Coup-proof'

3: On Fear-Induced Aggression

Reciprocal Fear of Surprise Attack

Preventive Wars

A New Normative Order?

4: Cognitive Bias and the Misuse of Military Power

Overconfidence and Reasonable Prospects of Success

The Law of the Hammer and Last Resort

Illusions of Control and Accidental Civilian Casualties

Attribution Error and Proportionality

5: Martial Values in Civilian Life

Militarization

Of Law Enforcement

Of Business

Of Education

Necessary vs. Surplus Militarization

Epilogue: Towards 'Post-Military' Defence?

Civilian Defence Systems

Post-Military Pathologies and Advantages

Select Bibliography

Index

Notes:

This edition also issued in print: 2020.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on June 17, 2020).

ISBN:

0-19-260423-6

0-19-189255-6

0-19-260422-8