J Carl Ficarrotta

Kantian Thinking about Military Ethics

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Military ethics is not a field known to take inspiration from Kantian-inspired thinkers. Demonstrating how an ethicist who takes Kantian commitments seriously addresses controversial questions in the profession of arms, this volume examines some of the less frequently studied topics within military ethics such as women in combat, military careerism, homosexuality, teaching bad ethics, immoral wars, collateral damage and just war theory.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 146
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Februar 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 386g
• ISBN-13: 9780754679929
• ISBN-10: 0754679926
• Artikelnr.: 45003149

Autorenporträt

Dr J. Carl Ficarrotta, University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, USA

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Preface
Are military professionals bound by a higher moral standard? Functionalism and its limits
Women in combat: discrimination by generality
Careerism in the military services: an analysis of its nature, why it is wrong, and what might be done about it
Homosexuality and military service: a case for abandoning 'don't ask, don't tell'
How to teach a bad military ethics course
Should members of the military fight in immoral wars? A case for selective conscientious objection
Does the doctrine of double effect justify collateral damage? A case for more restrictive targeting policies
Just war theory triumphant ... and doing more harm than good
References
Index.