Military Ethics

Erscheinungsjahr 2012
ISBN: 978-0-19-984629-0
Verlag: OUP USA

Buch, Englisch, 320 Seiten, Format (B × H): 167 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 486 g

Military Ethics: An Introduction with Case Studies provides an accessible introduction to the ethical issues faced by today's junior and mid-ranking military personnel. Offering an exceptionally practical perspective, it includes more than fifty engaging case studies--personal, historical, and fictional accounts--that give students a birds-eye view of various real-world ethical dilemmas. Opening with an introduction to ethics and an overview of ethical theory, the book goes on to discuss ethical problems related to: the use and misuse of power and authority; discrimination and proportionality in traditional conflicts, irregular wars, and humanitarian military interventions; supreme emergency, terrorism, and responses to terrorism; and much more.

Military Ethics is enhanced by suggestions for further reading, an abbreviation key, an extensive bibliography, and an appendix including a list of the international treaties that make up the Law of Armed Conflict. A companion website at www.oup.com/us/coleman features lecture notes, additional case studies, and discussion questions.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Coleman, Stephen

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ethik, Moralphilosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Militärwesen
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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- 1. INTRODUCTION: WHAT IS ETHICS? WHAT IS AN ETHICAL DECISION?

- What is ethics and why should I study it?

- Law and ethics

- Ethical dilemmas and tests of integrity

- 2. ETHICAL THEORY: AN OVERVIEW

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- Ethical considerations

- Theories of value and theories of ethics

- Ethical theory: Consequences

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- Criticizing consequentialism

- Ethical Theory: Principles and duties

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- Criticizing deontology

- Ethical Theory: Character

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- Is ethics simply relative?

- Integrating theories of ethics

- 3. PROFESSIONAL ETHICS, DUTIES, AND OBLIGATIONS

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- Discussion

- The profession of arms

- Role morality

- Military values and military virtue

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- The Triangular Balance

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- 4. JUST WAR THEORY: TRADITIONAL ISSUES OF JUS AD BELLUM

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- Discussion

- Alternative theories on war

- A very brief history of just war theory

- Ethics and international law

- Implementing the principles of jus ad bellum

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- Assessing the two gulf wars

- 5. JUST WAR THEORY: MODERN ISSUES OF JUS AD BELLUM; HUMANITARIAN INTERVENTION, INSURGENCY, AND COUNTER-INSURGENCY

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- Discussion

- Of countries, states, and nations

- The basics of jus ad bellum and insurgency

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- Jus ad bellum and difficult insurgency cases

- Jus ad bellum and counter-insurgency

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- Justification for humanitarian intervention

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- Responsibility to protect

- 6. POWER AND AUTHORITY: GIVING AND FOLLOWING ORDERS

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- Discussion

- Considering Authority

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- The ethical problems of orders

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- 7. DISCRIMINATION AND PROPORTIONALITY I: TRADITIONAL ISSUES OF JUS IN BELLO

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- Discrimination

- The ethical permissibility of targeting combatants

- The principle of non-combatant immunity

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- Proportionality

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- Modern Assessment of collateral damage

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- Summary

- 8. DISCRIMINATION AND PROPORTIONALITY II: JUS IN BELLO IN IRREGULAR WARS

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- Discrimination in irregular wars

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- Rules of Engagement and Civilian Casualties in Irregular Wars

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- Difficult cases of discrimination in irregular wars

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- Proportionality in irregular wars

- 9. DISCRIMINATION AND PROPORTIONALITY III: JUS IN BELLO IN HUMANITARIAN OPERATIONS

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- Jus in bello in armed humanitarian operations

- Dual-use targets

- Peacekeeping or peacemaking

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- 10. ISSUES OF SURRENDER AND DETENTION

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- Discussion

- Surrender

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- Prisoners of war

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- 11. SUPREME EMERGENCY, TERRORISM AND TORTURE

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- Discussion

- Supreme emergency

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- Supreme emergency and terrorism in the modern world

- Supreme emergency and counter-terrorism in the modern world

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- 12. CONCLUSION

- The competent military leader and the good military leader

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Über Autor(innen)

Dr. Stephen Coleman is Senior Lecturer in Ethics and Leadership & Vincent Fairfax Foundation Fellow in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of NSW, Canberra, at the Australian Defence Force Academy. He is the author of one book (The Ethics of Artificial Uteruses: Implications for Reproduction and Abortion, Ashgate, 2004) and many papers in academic journals and edited collections on a diverse range of topics in applied ethics, including military ethics, police ethics, medical ethics, and the practical applications of human rights.