Military ethics and leadership

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Olsthoorn, Peter.

Series:

International Studies on Military Ethics 3.

International Studies on Military Ethics ; v. 3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Military ethics.

War--Moral and ethical aspects.

War.

Leadership.

Genre:

Electronic Books

Physical Description:

1 online resource (319 pages)

Place of Publication:

Leiden : Brill Nijhoff, 2017

Summary:

Most books and articles still treat leadership and ethics as related though separate phenomena. This edited volume is an exception to that rule, and explicitly treats leadership and ethics as a single domain. Clearly, ethics is an aspect of leadership, and not a distinct approach that exists alongside other approaches to leadership. This holds especially true for the for the military, as it is one of the few organizations that can legitimately use violence. Military leaders have to deal with personnel who have either used or experienced violence. This intertwinement of leadership and violence separates military leadership from leadership in other professions. Even in a time that leadership is increasingly questioned, it is still good leadership that keeps soldiers from crossing the thin line between legitimate force and excessive violence

Contents:

Leadership, Ethics, and the Centrality of Character / Peter Olsthoorn

Armouring against Atrocity: Developing Ethical Strength in Small Military Units / Tom McDermott and Stephen Hart

Ethical Leadership in the Military: The Gap between Theory and Practice in Ethics Education / Miriam C. de Graaff , Peter W. de Vries , Walter J. van Bijlevelt and Ellen Giebels

abca Coalition Operations in Afghanistan, Iraq and Beyond: Two Decades of Military Ethics Challenges and Leadership Responses1 / David Whetham

Military Leaders, Fragmentation, and the Virtue of Integrity / Nathan L. Cartagena and Michael D. Beaty

Military Integrity: Moral or Ethical? / Patrick Mileham

Soldiers’ Autonomy and Military Authority / Mihaly Boda

The Concept of Innere Führung: Dimensions of Its Ethics / Angelika Dörfler-Dierken

Intervening as a Moral Duty: Michael Walzer versus a Multilateralism Approach1 / Arseniy Kumankov

When International Dialogue about Military Ethics Confronts Diverse Cultural and Political Practices: ‘Guilt and Confession’ as a Case in Point / George R. Wilkes

Moral Judgement in War and Peacekeeping Operations: An Empirical Review* / Miriam C. de Graaff , Femke D.A. den Besten , Ellen Giebels and Desiree E.M. Verweij

The Disenchantment of Victory and Ethical Dilemmas for Military Leadership: Sovereignty, the Spell of War and Elusiveness of Victory1 / Boris Kashnikov

Special Operations Forces and Ethics: A Preliminary Assessment of the Leadership Challenge / Deane-Peter Baker.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 12, 2017).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

90-04-33959-0

OCLC:

976036077

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004339590 DOI