Ethics under fire : challenges for the Australian army / edited by Tom Frame & Albert Palazzo.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Frame, Tom, editor.

Palazzo, Albert, editor.

Series:

Acsacs Series

ACSACS series ; 5

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Australia. Australian Army--Operational readiness.

Australia.

Combat--Moral and ethical aspects--Australia.

Combat.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (201 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Sydney, New South Wales : University of New South Wales Press, 2017.

Summary:

Events at Abu Ghraib prison and the 1968 My Lai Massacre show that the behaviour of the military can descend into barbarism. How strong is the military's commitment to avoiding such atrocities? Ethics Under Fire a timely and compelling book asks questions and raises issues the Australian Army can't ignore.

Contents:

Intro

Title Page

Copyright

Contents

Acsacs Series

Contributors

Disclaimer

Introduction

Part 1: Ethical Cultures and Ethical Behaviour

1. Why ethics matter Charles J Dunlap Jnr

2. Avoiding the descent into barbarism Tom McDermott

Part 2

Operating Ethically in the Joint Environment

3. Ethics and institutional conflict Maurie McNarn

4. Ethical dilemmas in multinational peacekeeping Pat McIntosh

Part 3: The Ethical Soldier - Expectations and Realities

5. Connecting research, education and training Deane-Peter Baker

6. Ethics in Special Operations Ian Langford

7. Moral objection and political dissent Tom Frame

Part 4: The Army and Community Expectations

8. Humanitarian values and military objectives Beth Eggleston

9. Operating within an NGO: A uniformed perspective Lee Hayward

Part 5: The Ethics of Emerging Warfare

10. The individualisation of modern conflict Jai Galliott

11. The ethics of enhanced human performance Matthew Beard

12. The ethics of emerging tactics John Hardy

Part 6: Ethics and The Future Battle Space

13. Weaponising social media Shannon Brandt Ford

14. What cyberweapons tell us about our just war Adam Henschke

Part 7: Ethics Education and Training

15. The Australian Defence Force and military ethics Hugh Smith

16. Military ethics education in the Army: An Achilles heel Jamie Cullens

17. The practicalities of ethical accountability Chris Field

Postscript

Notes

Index.

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (EBC, viewed December 5, 2017).

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-74224-285-5

OCLC:

1006391665