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Record Nr.

UNINA9910649597903321

Titolo

Key concepts in military ethics / / edited by Deane-Peter Baker

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia : , : NewSouth Publishing, , 2015

ISBN

1-74224-747-4

1-74224-213-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (257 p.)

Disciplina

172.42

Soggetti

War - Moral and ethical aspects

War (Philosophy)

Military ethics

Ethical problems

War and society

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Author Bio; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; PART ONE:  Foundations; 1. Ethical Dilemmas and Tests of Integrity; 2. Consequentialist Ethics; 3. Deontological Ethics; 4. Virtue Ethics; 5. Stoicism and the Profession of Arms; 6. Ethical Triangulation; PART TWO:  State Authority, Society and the Military; 7. The Social Contract; 8. Civil-Military Relations; 9. Conscription; 10. Representativeness and Positive Discrimination; 11. The Military and the Media; PART THREE: Ethics within the Military Profession; 12. Role Morality and the Unlimited Liability Contract

13. The Triangular Balance14. Fairness and Justice; 15. Rights; 16. Illegal Orders and Whistle-Blowing; PART FOUR: Going to War and Ending Wars; 17. Pacifism; 18. Realism; 19. Jus Ad Bellum (Just War Theory); 20. The Responsibility to Protect; 21. Rebellion; 22. Humanitarian Intervention; 23. Ending Wars: Jus Ex Bello and Jus Post Bellum; PART FIVE: The Conduct of War; 24. The Principle of Discrimination/Distinction; 25. Collateral Damage and the Doctrine of Double Effect; 26. The Principles of Necessity and Proportionality; 27. Surrender and Detention; 28. Peacekeeping



29. Perfidy and Means Mala In Se30. Supreme Emergency; 31. Terrorism; 32. Targeted Killing; PART SIX:   Emerging Challenges; 33. Expeditionary Conflict; 34. Unmanned Weapons Systems; 35. Autonomous Weapons Systems; 36. Non-Lethal Weapons; 37. Private Military Contractors; 38. Cyber Warfare; Conclusion; Contributors; Acknowledgments; INDEX