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With formal ethics education programmes being a rarity in most countries' armed forces, there is a growing importance for servicemen to undergo additional military ethics training. This book advances knowledge and understanding of the issues associated with this subject by bringing together experts from around the world to analyze the content, mode of instruction, theoretical underpinnings, and the effect of cultural and national differences within current ethics programmes.

"At a minimum, military professionals need to have a clear and working knowledge of the ethical decisions that underpin their profession in order to evaluate situations quickly. In the search for such clarity, this volume identifies 14 key virtues of the military professional and through opening commentaries and real world examples of those virtues in practice, it provides guidance for service personnel at every stage of their career."

"The phrase military ethics is sometimes regarded as a contradiction in terms. To some, the idea of ethics seems out of touch with modern realities and sensibilities. "How can an external moral standard dictate one's actions?" some might ask. Ethics can therefore bring up memories of bygone eras that seem irrelevant. Coupled with the qualifier military, ethics can seem even more puzzling. Ethics is not merely a concern for past eras, but is increasingly relevant in an age of rapid technological and societal development. From its beginning, our nation's military leaders have viewed ethics as imperative to the task of warfighting. This is a refrain echoed by contributions to this book who address a range of issues concerning political actors, technological capabilities, and societal shifts of the past and the present. And in commemorating the centenary of World War I, it is appropriate to consider the ethics of warfare. This book helpfully relates lessons from the past to the major ethical issues of modern warfare. By providing diverse reflections on the history of military ethics and challenges of contemporary and future warfare, this book serves as a repository of meaningful material for a new generation of warfighters to develop their own faculties of ethical judgment"--

As asymmetric 'wars among the people' replace state-on-state wars in modern armed conflict, the growing role of military medicine and medical technology in contemporary war fighting has brought an urgent need to critically reassess the theory and practice of military medical ethics. Military Medical Ethics for the 21st Century is the first full length, broad-based treatment of this important subject. Written by an international team of practitioners and academics, this book provides interdisciplinary insights into the major issues facing military-medical decision makers and critically examines the tensions and dilemmas inherent in the military and medical professions. In this book the authors explore the practice of battlefield bioethics, medical neutrality and treatment of the wounded, enhancement technologies for war fighters, the potential risks of dual-use biotechnologies, patient rights for active duty personnel, military medical research and military medical ethics education in the 21st Century.

Intro -- Ethics in Counter-Terrorism -- Copyright -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- 1 Counter-Terrorism: The Border Not to Cross -- 2 Counterterrorism and the Problem of Moral Exploitation -- 3 What Terrorism is and is Not -- 4 Divided by Ethical Choices? New or Old Debates between "mainstream" Terrorism Scholars and Their Critics -- 5 Should Collateral Damage be Considered Morally Acceptable when Using Armed Drones? -- 6 Terrorism and Democratic Governance - What are We Willing to Pay? -- 7 Understanding Core Values: Observations on the British Military -- 8 Terror War: Complicity and Responsibility -- 9 Is There Anything New under the Sun? From Holy War to Modern Terror: On the Importance of Religious History for Understanding Terrorism -- 10 Methods for Preventing Terrorist Attacks under Question -- 11 The Hate Trail. Counter-Terrorism of the 21st Century and Its Challenges -- 12 Eye in the Sky: The Paradoxes of War Outside War, Imminent Threat, and the Virtuous Warrior in Military Drone Use -- 13 Targeted Killing of Terrorists in War and Peace: An Analysis Based on the Jus Ad Bellum/ Jus in Bello (In)dependence Thesis -- 14 21st Century Global Crises. Sovereignties, Identities, Terrorists -- Index

Intro -- Independent Report Reviewers -- Preface -- Contents -- Summary -- Introduction -- Towaard a Framework for Resolving Dual Loyalties -- Ethical Decisions Making: Return to Duty -- Ethical Decision Making: Treatment of Detainees -- Initial Afternoon Discussion -- Ethics Training -- Instilling Ethical Values: Organizational Structure and Culture -- Appendix A: References -- Appendix B: Workshop Agenda -- Appendix C: Workshop Participants List -- Appendix D: Biographical Sketches of Workshop Speakers and Planning Committee Members.

pt. I. Changing context and overview -- pt. II. Robots and autonomous systems -- pt. III. Unmanned aerial vehicles and the transition from military to civilian systems -- pt. IV. Cyberconflict and cybersecurity -- pt. V. Genomics and neuroscience engineering.