Bill Rhodes

An Introduction to Military Ethics (eBook, ePUB)

A Reference Handbook

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This comprehensive overview examines the many facets of military ethics as they are applied during times of armed conflict and times of peace.

An Introduction to Military Ethics: A Reference Handbook presents the philosophical and conceptual foundations of military ethics, offering an excellent foundation for exploration and discussion of these issues. It focuses first on the 2,500-year legacy of the "just war theory" and its application through history. It then moves to the application of that tradition in the modern era, showing how acts of terrorism by nonstate participants require a new theory and way of thinking about when and how armed force can be justifiably employed. Further, the author analyzes how new theories might alter the fundamental identity of traditional defensive military forces.

The book also addresses peacetime ethical issues, such as gender integration and the role of religion in the military. The book is essential reading for military officers and students, as well as those policymakers who confront decisions about how to deploy military force during the War on Terror.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Inc
• Seitenzahl: 176
• Altersempfehlung: ab 7 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. September 2009
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798216104438
• Artikelnr.: 70037325

Autorenporträt

Bill Rhodes conducts research and development in professional ethics for his company, Aerworthy Consulting, LLC., in Franktown, CO.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Acknowledgments Introduction Ethics in the Real World Chapter 1 An
Overview of Applied Ethics for the Military Chapter 2 Just War Thinking
(JWT) in Historical Perspective Chapter 3 Philosophical Foundations of
Military Ethics Chapter 4 Jus ad Bellum Today Chapter 5 Jus in Bello Today
Chapter 6 Adapting to Contemporary Challenges Chapter 7 Cultural Ethical
Issues Chapter 8 Modern Military Identity Selected Bibliography Index