Awakening warrior : revolution in the ethics of warfare / / Timothy L. Challans

• Autore: Challans Timothy L. <1954->
• Pubblicazione: Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2007
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (245 p.)
• Disciplina: 172/.42
• Soggetto topico: Military ethics; War - Moral and ethical aspects
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-217) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: The unreflective life : the sleep of reason -- The myth of moral progress -- The pseudo-reflective life : battle sleep -- Reflection deferred and moral error -- Moral authority -- Lost in the particulars -- The vices of virtue -- Is moral progress without reflection possible? -- The semi-reflective life : instrumental means -- Instrumental means and moral error -- Inadequate decision procedures -- A philosophical critical method -- Disregarding ends : when means become ends -- Are moral means possible? -- The quasi-reflective life : inadequate ends -- Inadequate ends and moral error -- Disregarding means : when ends eclipse means -- Presumed ends -- Deliberating new ends -- Are moral ends possible? -- The fully reflective life : autonomy for automatons -- Autonomous modes and methods of philosophical ethics -- The ethical principles of war -- From heteronomy to autonomy : reformulating moral intuitions -- Moral autonomy : creating better understanding and motivation -- Is moral autonomy possible? -- The fully reflective life and military ethics -- The possibility of moral progress.
• Sommario/riassunto: 2007 CHOICE Outstanding Academic TitleAwakening Warrior argues for a revolution in the ethics of warfare for the American War Machine—those political and military institutions that engage the world with physical force. Timothy L. Challans focuses on the systemic, institutional level of morality rather than bemoaning the moral shortcomings of individuals. He asks: What are the limits of individual moral agency? What kind of responsibility do individuals have when considering institutional moral error? How is it that neutral or benign moral actions performed by individuals can have such catastrophic morally negative effects from a systemic perspective? Drawing upon and extending the ethical theories of Kant, Dewey, and Rawls, Challans makes the case for an original set of moral principles to guide ethical action on the battlefield."…[Challans's] call for reformation combined with a demand for a new set of moral principles to govern the ethical behavior on the battlefield is certain to garner the attention and ire of many readers and military leaders." — Parameters"This is an important book that needs to be read and taken seriously. If it is, it could be as revolutionary as its subtitle suggests." — CHOICE
• Titolo autorizzato: Awakening warrior
• ISBN: 9780791479919; 0791479919; 9781429498289; 1429498285
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910958347903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: SUNY series, ethics and the military profession.