Moral, ethical, and psychological preparation of soldiers. Military ethics paperback stephen coleman oxford university. The four stages of moral development in military leaders. This book critically debates his work and his contribution to society and the social sciences more generally. This paper examines the problems that may arise, particularly for military personnel, when the requirements of doing ones duty seem to come into conflict with the demands of loyalty. Justifications of the armed forces a primary consideration that should be raised in military ethics, once we have accepted that military acts are a viable subject for ethics, is whether the armed forces possess any moral justification for existing in the first place. Stephen coleman studies applied ethics, particularly the ethics of military and police force, and their application to human rights.
The book is also appropriate for ethics of war and military ethics courses at nonmilitary undergraduate programs in. An introduction with case studies by stephen coleman. Offering an exceptionally practical perspective, it includes more than fifty engaging case studiespersonal, historical, and fictional accountsthat give students a birdseye view of. When it was originally published, moral issues in military decision making reflected the concerns posed by nuclear stalemate and the lessons of vietnam. Offering an exceptionally practical perspective, it includes more than fifty. Available in the national library of australia collection. Implications for reproduction and abortion, original, ashgate publishing, london. By far the greatest advance is colemans approach to problembased learning. Usually these days it is thought that the only just. If ethics is a system of moral values and morals are principles of right and wrong. A soldiers morality, religion, and our professional ethic. Ethics and the military community journal of defense resources management no. Request pdf on jan 1, 20, stephen coleman and others published military ethics. Opening with an introduction to ethics and an overview of ethical theory, the book goes on to discuss ethical problems related to.
During the preceding year a number of generals and admirals had been involved in legal and ethical issues, and defense secretary leon. Soldier turned philosopher specializes in military ethics, just war tradition. Bringing together contributors from philosophy, international relations, security studies, and strategic studies, new wars and new soldiers offers a truly interdisciplinary analysis reflective of the nature of modern warfare. Buy military ethics by stephen coleman with free delivery. Cook finds a powerful but underappreciated basis for military ethics in the oath to the constitution that members of the armed services pledge. Stephen coleman has 32 books on goodreads with 234 ratings. Colonel coglianeses bookshelfimage courtesy of colonel christopher coglianese. Stephen coleman is associate professor of ethics and leadership in the school of humanities and social sciences, unsw canberra, program director military ethics with the australian centre for the study of armed conflict and society, a professorial fellow with the centre for applied philosophy and public ethics at charles sturt univerity, and an associate professorial. As such, it is not suitable for basic ethics classes, but useful in upper level classes at military schools or elsewhere. The state must have the right intention in going to war, in that it may only go to war. Thomas ricks talked about military ethics and leadership. A brief discussion of military medical ethics howstuffworks.
Each chapter begins with a range of short but engaging case studies that pose dilemmas of unquestionable significance and relevance for a military reader in any cultural setting. This book provides an introduction to the reallife ethical issues faced by those serving in modern military forces. An introduction with case studies by stephen coleman isbn. Associate professor stephen coleman school of humanities. Whoever is declaring war must have the proper au thority to do so, and must make. Offering an exceptionally practical perspective, it includes more than fifty engaging case studiespersonal, historical, and fictional accountsthat give students a birdseye view of various realworld. An introduction with case studies provides an acces. And what guides military action as the nature of conflict changes over time. Reflecting on a seventeenyear career teaching at military educational institutions of the air force, the army, and the navy, martin l. A professional military must be led by leaders that understand the basis for morality, that absolute moral truth exists and is knowable, and they must be secured communally on a foundation that transcends broader cultural trends and relies on more than either reason or emotion for sustenance.
Moral, ethical, and psychological preparation of soldiers and units for combat. Coleman sm, 2004, the ethics of artificial uteruses. In that highlypraised work, anthony hartle outlined the essential elements of the professional military ethic created for. And, regardless of the discipline, the discussion is almost always about ethics. The subjects of military culture, ethics, education and training have in recent years elicited considerable interest, especially in numerous instances where breakdowns have occured. The field of ethics, along with aesthetics, concerns matters of value, and thus comprises the branch of philosophy called axiology ethics seeks to resolve questions of human morality by defining concepts such as good and evil, right. He is the author of one book the ethics of artificial uteruses. This is not a textbook on military ethics, but rather an anthology of scholarlybased pieces drawing upon the philosophy of ethics tradition. Two whole volumes cover military medical ethics, which says something about how difficult it is to define black and white. An introduction with case studies provides an accessible introduction to the ethical issues faced by todays junior and midranking military personnel. Roger coleman books list of books by author roger coleman. Army medical department center and school, publishes textbooks on military medicine that cover everything from combat injuries to military preventive medicine. A guide to expanding your visual awareness ways of drawing, and downland a studio book, and more on.
Based on a mooc massive open online course designed for both military personnel and nonspecialists across the globe, key concepts in military ethics is structured as a series of mini. Military ethics stephen coleman oxford university press. Select publications by associate professor stephen m. 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.
Index of essays, articles and other documents covering military ethics, culture, education and training. An introduction with case studies by stephen coleman 20120906 on. Stephen coleman is program director, military ethics at the australian centre for the study of armed conflict and society and vincent fairfax foundation fellow at the university of new south wales, canberra, located at the australian defence force academy. An introduction with case studies by stephen coleman 20120906. Reflections on, and analysis of, ethical issues facing military service in the united states. Ethics or moral philosophy is a branch of philosophy that involves systematizing, defending, and recommending concepts of right and wrong conduct. From china to russia, author george lucas effectively sheds light on today. With its focus on the practical problems facing those in positions of command, it is of particular relevance to prospective military officers at military academies. What everyone needs to know, lucas uses his own firsthand knowledge from many years of working alongside military personnel, as well as his own research and that of other distinguished ethics scholars, to create a book that is intended to increase the basic understanding of military ethics. However, ethics regarding personal financial gain are but one issue in the far broader category of military ethics. Offering an exceptionally practical perspective, it includes more than fifty engaging case studiespersonal, historical, and fictional accountsthat give students a birdseye view of various realworld ethical dilemmas.
As my son remarked earlier today to some military ethics is almost an oxymoron. International relations military and naval science generals speeches, lectures and essays soldiers psychological aspects training. This is a viewpoint, that is easy to follow when one look at how single rulers use their military forces to retain and protect their power. It is certainly worth talking about the ethics of killing and war and these conversations should surely include both civilians and military personnel. Finally, the book discusses the transformations in military professionalism occasioned by new developments in armed conflict, ranging counterinsurgency warfare and humanitarian military intervention, to cyber conflict, military robotics, and private military contracting.
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