Ethics Education in the Military

• Main Author: Lee, Nigel de
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Routledge 2008; Taylor and Francis; Taylor & Francis Group; Ashgate
• Edition: 1
• Subjects: Armed forces; Education; Ethics; Ethics Philosophy; Human Rights Law & Civil Liberties; Military ethics; Military personnel; Moral and ethical aspects; Morality; Public Ethics; Security Studies - Pol & Intl Relns; Training; War; War & Conflict Studies; Military Ethics; Military Chaplaincy; Peter Olsthoorn; East Timor; Military Chaplains; Ethics Education Programmes; Military Ethics Education; Norwegian Defence Force; Air Force Academy; Royal Military College; Civil Society; British Armed Forces; Netherlands Defence Academy; Military Covenant; Young Men; International Humanitarian Law; Military Ethics Training; Ethics Education; Martin Cook; Moral Principles; Virtue Ethics; Cf Member; Ethics Programme; Ethics Training; NCO
• ISBN: 0754671151; 9780754671152
• DOI: 10.4324/9781315256078

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. But how do we ensure that soldiers learn the right lessons from it? Furthermore, how can we achieve a uniformity of approach? The current lack of uniformity about what constitutes ethical behaviour and how troops should be educated in it is potentially a cause for serious alarm. 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. It also explores whether such programmes are best run by military officers, chaplains or academic philosophers, and reflects whether it is feasible to develop common principles and approaches for the armed forces of all Western countries. This is an invaluable volume for military academies and staff colleges to enhance understanding of a matter which requires much further thought and which is becoming a vital force in influencing outcomes on the battlefields of the twenty-first century. The book will primarily be of interest to military officers and others directly involved in ethics education in the military, as well as to philosophers and students of military affairs. Paul Robinson is Associate Professor, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Ottawa, Canada. Nigel de Lee is Lecturer, Department of Politics and International Studies, University of Hull, UK. Don Carrick is Research Assistant, Institute of Applied Ethics, University of Hull, UK and Tutor in Ethics, University of Leeds, UK. Contents: Foreword, Major General (Retd) Patrick Cordingley DSO DSc; Introduction: education in the military, Paul Robinson. Part I Case Studies: Education in an ethos at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, Stephen Deakin; An ethics curriculum for an evolving army, Jeffrey Wilson; Teaching military ethics in the British armed forces, Patrick Mileham; Ethics education, ethics training, and character development: who 'owns' ethics in the US Air Force Academy?, Martin L. Cook; Canada's defence ethics programme and ethics training, Yvon Desjardins; What ought one to do? Perspectives on military ethics education in the Australian defence force, Jamie Cullens; Ethics training in the Norwegian defence forces, Tor Arne Berntsen and Raag Rolfsen; Ethical education and character development in the armed forces of the Federal Republic of Germany, Stefan Werdelis; Reshaping the ethical training of future French commissioned officers, Henri Hude; The ethics curriculum at the Netherlands Defence Academy, and some problems with its theoretical underpinnings, Peter Olsthoorn; Teaching and training military ethics: an Israeli experience, Asa Kasher; Ethics Training for the samurai warrior, Fumio Ota. Part II Responses: What is the point of teaching ethics in the military?, Jessica Wolfendale; The ethical warrior: a classical liberal approach, Alexander Moseley; The future of ethics education in the military: a comparative analysis, Don Carrick; Conclusion, Paul Robinson, Nigel de Lee and Don Carrick; Index.