Morals Under The Gun

Author : James H. Toner
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2021-10-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9780813184258

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Morals under the Gun by James H. Toner Pdf

James Toner argues that the cardinal virtues are and must be the core values of the military. By embracing these values, the profession of arms serves as a moral compass in an increasingly confusing age. Building upon a bold introduction, which includes what many will regard as a surprising view of military ethics, Toner examines the four cardinal virtues—wisdom, courage, temperance, and justice—and places each in the context of a compelling case study from recent U.S. military history. He discusses the Flinn Case, the Lavelle Affair, a B-52 crash in Washington State, and the courageous actions of Hugh Thompson after My Lai. Morals Under the Gun connects ethics and moral theology with the armed services, demonstrating that the task of preserving virtue, both personal and professional, is a noble, if imperfectible, task.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Military art and science
ISBN : MINN:30000010472797

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Parameters by Anonim Pdf

Author : Robert Emmet Meagher,Douglas A. Pryer
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2018-04-03
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781498296786

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War and Moral Injury by Robert Emmet Meagher,Douglas A. Pryer Pdf

All royalties from the sale of this book are being donated to Warfighter Advance, http://www.warfighteradvance.org Moral Injury has been called the “signature wound” of today’s wars. It is also as old as the human record of war, as evidenced in the ancient war epics of Greece, India, and the Middle East. But what exactly is Moral Injury? What are its causes and consequences? What can we do to prevent or limit its occurrence among those we send to war? And, above all, what can we do to help heal afflicted warriors? This landmark volume provides an invaluable resource for those looking for answers to these questions. Gathered here are some of the most far-ranging, authoritative, and accessible writings to date on the topic of Moral Injury. Contributors come from the fields of psychology, theology, philosophy, psychiatry, law, journalism, neuropsychiatry, classics, poetry, and, of course, the profession of arms. Their voices find common cause in informing the growing, international conversation on war and war’s deepest and most enduring invisible wound. Few may want to have this myth-challenging, truth-telling conversation, but it is one we must have if we truly wish to help those we send to fight our wars.

Author : Michael Cavanagh
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2014-01-10
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780786490837

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War and Morality by Michael Cavanagh Pdf

In democratic societies, it is said that wars and military interventions are fought in the name of the citizens of the nation engaged in the conflict. Yet, ordinary citizens, the major stakeholders in war, are seldom provided with as much information for making and acting on their moral decisions about war as they are about many other national issues that affect them. To fill the void, this volume addresses the nature of conscience, various moral norms, a moral decision-making process, and the theoretical and practical issues involved in attempting to avoid war or at least to make it as moral as possible, considering its nature. By discussing how the morality of war differs from its political, military, economic and legal dimensions, this unique work attempts to enable citizens to make informed decisions about declaring, waging and ending war, and to act on those decisions. Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.

Author : Ryan, Mark Patrick,Weekes, Timothy L.
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2021-01-22
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781799866374

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Handbook of Research on Character and Leadership Development in Military Schools by Ryan, Mark Patrick,Weekes, Timothy L. Pdf

Military academies have served youth for more than a century with proud traditions of producing graduates who are scholars, leaders, and athletes who adhere to a code of honor and ethical principles as they take the knowledge, skills, and dispositions gained at those academies into higher education, the business world, military service, civic endeavors, and the broader workforce. There is a current gap and need for research that explores the various components of a K-20 military school/college education and how those components successfully produce leaders of character for our military, civic, academic, and business worlds both in the United States and abroad. The Handbook of Research on Character and Leadership Development in Military Schools synthesizes research on the impact of military academies by providing a singular compendium of current academic studies on the graduates of military academies and the communities of which they enter after graduation. The chapters will explore the academics, leadership, character development, citizenship, athletics, and other dimensions of both global and national, and both private and public, military academies. This book is ideal for current leaders, staffs, governing board members, and alumni of military academies both in the United States and internationally along with policymakers, government officials, practitioners, researchers, academicians, and students interested in the implications of character and leadership development on individuals enrolled in or graduated from military schools.

Author : Peter Olsthoorn
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2014-12-03
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781438455488

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Honor in Political and Moral Philosophy by Peter Olsthoorn Pdf

Argues for revitalizing the place of honor in contemporary life. In this history of the development of ideas of honor in Western philosophy, Peter Olsthoorn examines what honor is, how its meaning has changed, and whether it can still be of use. Political and moral philosophers from Cicero to John Stuart Mill thought that a sense of honor and concern for our reputation could help us to determine the proper thing to do, and just as important, provide us with the much-needed motive to do it. Today, outside of the military and some other pockets of resistance, the notion of honor has become seriously out of date, while the term itself has almost disappeared from our moral language. Most of us think that people ought to do what is right based on a love for jus-tice rather than from a concern with how we are perceived by others. Wide-ranging and accessible, the book explores the role of honor in not only philosophy but also literature and war to make the case that honor can still play an important role in contemporary life. Peter Olsthoorn is Assistant Professor at Netherlands Defense Academy and author of Military Ethics and Virtues: An Interdisciplinary Approach for the 21st Century.

Author : Peter Olsthoorn
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2010-09-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9781136894299

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Military Ethics and Virtues by Peter Olsthoorn Pdf

This book examines the role of military virtues in today's armed forces. Although long-established military virtues, such as honor, courage and loyalty, are what most armed forces today still use as guiding principles in an effort to enhance the moral behavior of soldiers, much depends on whether the military virtues adhered to by these militaries suit a particular mission or military operation. Clearly, the beneficiaries of these military virtues are the soldiers themselves, fellow-soldiers, and military organizations, yet there is little that regulates the behavior of soldiers towards civilian populations. As a result, troops trained for combat in today's missions sometimes experience difficulty in adjusting to the less aggressive ways of working needed to win the hearts and minds of local populations after major combat is over. It can be argued that today's missions call for virtues that are more inclusive than the traditional ones, which are mainly about enhancing military effectiveness, but a convincing case can be made that a lot can already be won by interpreting these traditional virtues in different ways. This volume offers an integrated approach to the main traditional virtues, exploring their possible relevance and proposing new ways of interpretation that are more in line with the military tasks of the 21st century. The book will be of much interest to students of military ethics, philosophy, and war and conflict in general.

Author : Carl Wellman
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1995-05-18
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780195357387

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Real Rights by Carl Wellman Pdf

Real Rights offers a new theory of the grounds of legal and moral rights, thereby providing a platform from which to determine whether alleged rights are "real" or not. In particular, Wellman conceives of a legal or moral right as a complex of liberties, claims, powers, and immunities, and distinguishes the kinds of laws and moral reasons that can ground each of these. The book argues that only agents can be right-holders, that children and the mentally-limited can have only limited rights, while fetuses, the dead, and groups can have none. It also discusses the duties implied by any real right, as well as the kinds of considerations (including conflicting rights) that could override implied duties. This original and systematic discussion of the grounds of rights should interest a wide range of scholars and practitioners in philosophy, law, and political science.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 656 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Military art and science
ISBN : UCSB:31205030024119

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Military Review by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Armored vehicles, Military
ISBN : MINN:30000010464513

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Armor by Anonim Pdf

The magazine of mobile warfare.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 658 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Aeronautics, Military
ISBN : CUB:U183034550273

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Aerospace Power Journal by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Aeronautics, Military
ISBN : UOM:39015081905773

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Airpower Journal by Anonim Pdf

Author : John Adolphus
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 504 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1820
Category : Electronic
ISBN : CHI:091007697

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A Correct, Full and Impartial Report, of the Trial of Her Majesty, Caroline, Queen Consort of Great Britain, Before the House of Peers by John Adolphus Pdf

Author : Queen Caroline (consort of George IV, King of Great Britain),J. H. Adolphus
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 570 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1820
Category : Scandals
ISBN : STANFORD:36105011804163

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A Correct, Full, and Impartial Report, of the Trial of Her Majesty, Caroline, Queen Consort of Great Britain, Before the House of Peers by Queen Caroline (consort of George IV, King of Great Britain),J. H. Adolphus Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 670 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : International relations
ISBN : UFL:31262091327683

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Naval War College Review by Anonim Pdf