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Focuses on teaching military ethics. This book includes the Socratic dialogue, decision-making skills, and a chapter containing fictitious moral dilemmas that can be used as exercises. It is aimed at those responsible for training at military training centres as well as at cadets, midshipmen and young officers

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Section I: Overview: Legacies and New Challenges -- Chapter 1: What Should We Mean by "Military Ethics"? -- Chapter 2: Reflections on the Stockdale Legacy -- Chapter 3: The Day the World Changed? Reflections on 9/11 and U.S. National Security Strategy -- Section II: Civil-Military Relations -- Chapter 4: The Revolt of the Generals: A Case Study in Professional Ethics -- Chapter 5: U.S. Civil Military Relations since 9/11: Issues in Ethics and Policy Development -- Section III: Ethics Education in the Military -- Chapter 6: Teaching Military Ethics in the U.S. Air Force: Challenges Posed by Service Culture -- Chapter 7: Professional Military Ethics across the Career Spectrum -- Chapter 8: Thucydides as a Resource for Teaching Ethics and Leadership in Military Education Environments -- Section IV: Religion in the U.S. Military -- Chapter 9: Is Just War Spirituality Possible? -- Chapter 10: Christianity and Weapons of Mass Destruction -- Chapter 11: Evangelical Christianity in the U.S. Military -- Chapter 12: Diagnosing a Loss of Religious Diversity in the U.S. Military -- Chapter 13: Whether (Modern, American) Soldiers, Too, Can Be Saved -- Chapter 14: A Force for (Relative) Good: An Augustinian Perspective -- Section V: Ethical Issues in War -- Chapter 15: Michael Walzer's Concept of "Supreme Emergency" -- Chapter 16: Asymmetric Air War: Ethical Implications -- Chapter 17: Ethical Dilemmas in the Use of Airpower in Counterinsurgency War -- Notes -- Index.

Item 378-H-5. ; S/N 008-020-00873-7. ; "Published in cooperation with the Inter-university Seminar on Armed Forces and Society, the Air University, and the Air Command and Staff College." ; Includes bibliographical references. ; Mode of access: Internet.

"Published in cooperation with the Inter-University Seminar on Armed Forces and Society, the Air University, and the Air Command and Staff College." ; Mode of access: Internet.

La obra de Clausewitz "De la guerra" ha tenido y tiene una importancia extraordinaria en el pensamiento estratégico militar occidental. Muchas ideas se han generado sobre el fenómeno de la guerra que han tenido su origen en este militar y pensador alemán. Sin embargo, las reflexiones y análisis asociados a la ética militar y procedentes de su obra han sido de mucho menor alcance. En este artículo se pretende mostrar que, aunque Clausewitz no introdujo en sus análisis las consideraciones y reflexiones éticas sobre la guerra, dentro de su obra se pueden encontrar importantes elementos que forman parte de la tradición occidental de legitimar el uso de la fuerza (ius ad bellum) y de conducir las operaciones de acuerdo con los usos y reglas de la guerra (ius in bello). ; Clausewitz´s work On War has had and still has an extraordinary importance in the western strategic military thinking. Many thoughts have been generated about the war phenomenon whose origin come from this military and German thinker. Nonetheless, reflections and analysis associated to military ethics and coming from his work are much less widespread. In this paper it is expected to show that although Clausewitz did not include on his analysis the ethical considerations and reflections on warfare, important elements which contribute to the Western tradition in the legitimation of the use of force (ius ad bellum) and the way to conduct the battlefield operations according to the customs and rules of war (ius in bello), can be found inside his work.

"This book offers a critical analysis, both theoretical and practical, of ethics education in the military. In the twenty-first century, it has become increasingly important to ensure that the armed forces of Western and other democracies fight justly and behave ethically. The 'good soldier' has to be not only professionally skilled but morally intelligent. At a time of relentless media scrutiny, the publicising of incidents of morally and legally unacceptable behaviour, such as the gross mistreatment of prisoners and the torture of suspected terrorists, can do much to undermine the credibility of those who claim to hold the moral high ground in any particular conflict. Written by an international team of academic theorists and military practitioners, this volume provides inter-disciplinary insights into the present state, and the future, of ethics education in the militaries of Western democracies. The contributors critically address the central question of whether such education is sufficient to prepare members of the armed forces to face the peculiar challenges of conflict environments that are now primarily 'wars among the people', in which the opposing combatants may have little or no regard for human life and fail to discriminate between soldiers and civilians when choosing their targets. Drawing lessons from recent examples of unethical conduct, this original book offers insightful and constructive advice, both theoretical and practical, as to how situations can be improved and on the means that could and should be employed towards this end. This book will be of much interest to students of military studies, ethics and international relations."--Provided by publisher

In light of emerging research on moral injuries, this article explores the impact of soldiers' indoctrination on their identity after they have lived through the experience of war. The injuries that soldiers live and witness can act as a source of motivation to carry on in intensive combat, but are often internalized indefinitely, even after their return to the regiment. A discourse analysis will demonstrate the process by which the actors are able to overcome the moral combat and will discuss the conditions that are essential to efficient healing. Ultimately this article aims to illustrate how soldiers can free themselves from the reflexes and, more importantly, from the moral values that kept them alive on the battlefield but that are in contradiction with the moral values of the society in which they are trying to reintegrate themselves.