Author: Fritz Allhoff
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136260994
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 605
Book Description
This new Handbook offers a comprehensive overview of contemporary extensions and alternatives to the just war tradition in the field of the ethics of war. The modern history of just war has typically assumed the primacy of four particular elements: jus ad bellum, jus in bello, the state actor, and the solider. This book will put these four elements under close scrutiny, and will explore how they fare given the following challenges: • What role do the traditional elements of jus ad bellum and jus in bello—and the constituent principles that follow from this distinction—play in modern warfare? Do they adequately account for a normative theory of war? • What is the role of the state in warfare? Is it or should it be the primary actor in just war theory? • Can a just war be understood simply as a response to territorial aggression between state actors, or should other actions be accommodated under legitimate recourse to armed conflict? • Is the idea of combatant qua state-employed soldier a valid ethical characterization of actors in modern warfare? • What role does the technological backdrop of modern warfare play in understanding and realizing just war theories? Over the course of three key sections, the contributors examine these challenges to the just war tradition in a way that invigorates existing discussions and generates new debate on topical and prospective issues in just war theory. This book will be of great interest to students of just war theory, war and ethics, peace and conflict studies, philosophy and security studies.
Routledge Handbook of Ethics and War
Author: Fritz Allhoff
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136260994
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 605
Book Description
This new Handbook offers a comprehensive overview of contemporary extensions and alternatives to the just war tradition in the field of the ethics of war. The modern history of just war has typically assumed the primacy of four particular elements: jus ad bellum, jus in bello, the state actor, and the solider. This book will put these four elements under close scrutiny, and will explore how they fare given the following challenges: • What role do the traditional elements of jus ad bellum and jus in bello—and the constituent principles that follow from this distinction—play in modern warfare? Do they adequately account for a normative theory of war? • What is the role of the state in warfare? Is it or should it be the primary actor in just war theory? • Can a just war be understood simply as a response to territorial aggression between state actors, or should other actions be accommodated under legitimate recourse to armed conflict? • Is the idea of combatant qua state-employed soldier a valid ethical characterization of actors in modern warfare? • What role does the technological backdrop of modern warfare play in understanding and realizing just war theories? Over the course of three key sections, the contributors examine these challenges to the just war tradition in a way that invigorates existing discussions and generates new debate on topical and prospective issues in just war theory. This book will be of great interest to students of just war theory, war and ethics, peace and conflict studies, philosophy and security studies.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136260994
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 605
Book Description
This new Handbook offers a comprehensive overview of contemporary extensions and alternatives to the just war tradition in the field of the ethics of war. The modern history of just war has typically assumed the primacy of four particular elements: jus ad bellum, jus in bello, the state actor, and the solider. This book will put these four elements under close scrutiny, and will explore how they fare given the following challenges: • What role do the traditional elements of jus ad bellum and jus in bello—and the constituent principles that follow from this distinction—play in modern warfare? Do they adequately account for a normative theory of war? • What is the role of the state in warfare? Is it or should it be the primary actor in just war theory? • Can a just war be understood simply as a response to territorial aggression between state actors, or should other actions be accommodated under legitimate recourse to armed conflict? • Is the idea of combatant qua state-employed soldier a valid ethical characterization of actors in modern warfare? • What role does the technological backdrop of modern warfare play in understanding and realizing just war theories? Over the course of three key sections, the contributors examine these challenges to the just war tradition in a way that invigorates existing discussions and generates new debate on topical and prospective issues in just war theory. This book will be of great interest to students of just war theory, war and ethics, peace and conflict studies, philosophy and security studies.
Routledge Handbook of Ethics and International Relations
Author: Brent J. Steele
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 0429761872
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 602
Book Description
Ethics and International Relations (IR), once considered along the margins of the IR field, has emerged as one of the most eclectic and interdisciplinary research areas today. Yet the same diversity that enriches this field also makes it a difficult one to characterize. Is it, or should it only be, the social-scientific pursuit of explaining and understanding how ethics influences the behaviours of actors in international relations? Or, should it be a field characterized by what the world should be like, based on philosophical, normative and policy-based arguments? This Handbook suggests that it can actually be both, as the contributions contained therein demonstrate how those two conceptions of Ethics and International Relations are inherently linked. Seeking to both provide an overview of the field and to drive debates forward, this Handbook is framed by an opening chapter providing a concise and accessible overview of the complex history of the field of Ethics and IR, and a conclusion that discusses how the field may progress in the future and what subjects are likely to rise to prominence. Within are 44 distinct and original contributions from scholars teaching and researching in the field, which are structured around 8 key thematic sections: Philosophical Resources International Relations Theory Religious Traditions International Security and Just War Justice, Rights and Global Governance International Intervention Global Economics Environment, Health and Migration Drawing together a diverse range of scholars, the Routledge Handbook of Ethics and International Relations provides a cutting-edge overview of the field by bringing together these eclectic, albeit dynamic, themes and topics. It will be an essential resource for students and scholars alike.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 0429761872
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 602
Book Description
Ethics and International Relations (IR), once considered along the margins of the IR field, has emerged as one of the most eclectic and interdisciplinary research areas today. Yet the same diversity that enriches this field also makes it a difficult one to characterize. Is it, or should it only be, the social-scientific pursuit of explaining and understanding how ethics influences the behaviours of actors in international relations? Or, should it be a field characterized by what the world should be like, based on philosophical, normative and policy-based arguments? This Handbook suggests that it can actually be both, as the contributions contained therein demonstrate how those two conceptions of Ethics and International Relations are inherently linked. Seeking to both provide an overview of the field and to drive debates forward, this Handbook is framed by an opening chapter providing a concise and accessible overview of the complex history of the field of Ethics and IR, and a conclusion that discusses how the field may progress in the future and what subjects are likely to rise to prominence. Within are 44 distinct and original contributions from scholars teaching and researching in the field, which are structured around 8 key thematic sections: Philosophical Resources International Relations Theory Religious Traditions International Security and Just War Justice, Rights and Global Governance International Intervention Global Economics Environment, Health and Migration Drawing together a diverse range of scholars, the Routledge Handbook of Ethics and International Relations provides a cutting-edge overview of the field by bringing together these eclectic, albeit dynamic, themes and topics. It will be an essential resource for students and scholars alike.
Routledge Handbook of Military Ethics
Author: George Lucas
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317801768
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 651
Book Description
The Routledge Handbook of Military Ethics is a comprehensive reference work that addresses concerns held in common by the military services of many nations. It attempts to discern both moral dilemmas and clusters of moral principles held in common by all practitioners of this profession, regardless of nation or culture. Comprising essays by contributors drawn from the four service branches (Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine corps) as well as civilian academics specializing in this field, this handbook discusses the relationship of "ethics" in the military setting to applied and professional ethics generally. Leading scholars and senior military practitioners from countries including the US, UK, France, China, Australia and Japan, discuss various national cultural views of the moral dimensions of military service. With reference to the responsibilities of professional orientation and education, as well as the challenges posed by recent technological developments, this handbook examines the difficulties underpinning the fundamental framework of military service. This book will be of much interest to students of military studies, war theory, ethics philosophy, sociology, war and conflict studies, and security studies.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317801768
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 651
Book Description
The Routledge Handbook of Military Ethics is a comprehensive reference work that addresses concerns held in common by the military services of many nations. It attempts to discern both moral dilemmas and clusters of moral principles held in common by all practitioners of this profession, regardless of nation or culture. Comprising essays by contributors drawn from the four service branches (Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine corps) as well as civilian academics specializing in this field, this handbook discusses the relationship of "ethics" in the military setting to applied and professional ethics generally. Leading scholars and senior military practitioners from countries including the US, UK, France, China, Australia and Japan, discuss various national cultural views of the moral dimensions of military service. With reference to the responsibilities of professional orientation and education, as well as the challenges posed by recent technological developments, this handbook examines the difficulties underpinning the fundamental framework of military service. This book will be of much interest to students of military studies, war theory, ethics philosophy, sociology, war and conflict studies, and security studies.
The Routledge Handbook of Ethics and Public Policy
Author: Annabelle Lever
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1315461714
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 676
Book Description
What does it mean to do public policy ethics today? How should philosophers engage with ethical issues in policy-making when policy decisions are circumscribed by political and pragmatic concerns? How do ethical issues in public policy differ between areas such as foreign policy, criminal justice, or environmental policy? The Routledge Handbook of Ethics and Public Policy addresses all these questions and more, and is the first handbook of its kind. It is comprised of 41 chapters written by leading international contributors, and is organised into four clear sections covering the following key topics: Methodology: philosophical approaches to public policy, ethical expertise, knowledge, and public policy Democracy and public policy: identity, integration and inclusion: voting, linguistic policy, discrimination, youth policy, religious toleration, and the family Public goods: defence and foreign policy, development and climate change, surveillance and internal security, ethics of welfare, healthcare and fair trade, sovereignty and territorial boundaries, and the ethics of nudging Public policy challenges: criminal justice, policing, taxation, poverty, disability, reparation, and ethics of death policies. The Routledge Handbook of Ethics and Public Policy is essential reading for students and researchers in philosophy, politics, and social policy. It will be equally useful to those in related disciplines, such as economics and law, or professional fields, such as business administration or policy-making in general.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1315461714
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 676
Book Description
What does it mean to do public policy ethics today? How should philosophers engage with ethical issues in policy-making when policy decisions are circumscribed by political and pragmatic concerns? How do ethical issues in public policy differ between areas such as foreign policy, criminal justice, or environmental policy? The Routledge Handbook of Ethics and Public Policy addresses all these questions and more, and is the first handbook of its kind. It is comprised of 41 chapters written by leading international contributors, and is organised into four clear sections covering the following key topics: Methodology: philosophical approaches to public policy, ethical expertise, knowledge, and public policy Democracy and public policy: identity, integration and inclusion: voting, linguistic policy, discrimination, youth policy, religious toleration, and the family Public goods: defence and foreign policy, development and climate change, surveillance and internal security, ethics of welfare, healthcare and fair trade, sovereignty and territorial boundaries, and the ethics of nudging Public policy challenges: criminal justice, policing, taxation, poverty, disability, reparation, and ethics of death policies. The Routledge Handbook of Ethics and Public Policy is essential reading for students and researchers in philosophy, politics, and social policy. It will be equally useful to those in related disciplines, such as economics and law, or professional fields, such as business administration or policy-making in general.
The Routledge Handbook to Rethinking Ethics in International Relations
Author: Birgit Schippers
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317041763
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 377
Book Description
Discussing cutting-edge debates in the field of international ethics, this key volume builds on existing work in the normative study of international relations. It responds to a substantial appetite for scholarship that challenges established approaches and examines new perspectives on international ethics, and that appraises the ethical implications of problems occupying students and scholars of international relations in the twenty-first century. The contributions, written by a team of international scholars, provide authoritative surveys and interventions into the field of international ethics. Focusing on new and emerging ethical challenges to international relations, and approaching existing challenges through the lens of new theoretical and methodological frameworks, the book is structured around five themes: • New directions in international ethics • Ethical actors and practices in international relations • The ethics of climate change, globalization, and health • Technology and ethics in international relations • The ethics of global security Interdisciplinary in its scope, this book will be an important resource for scholars and students in the fields of politics and international relations, philosophy, law and sociology, and a useful reference for anyone who wishes to acquire ‘ethical competence’ in the area of international relations.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317041763
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 377
Book Description
Discussing cutting-edge debates in the field of international ethics, this key volume builds on existing work in the normative study of international relations. It responds to a substantial appetite for scholarship that challenges established approaches and examines new perspectives on international ethics, and that appraises the ethical implications of problems occupying students and scholars of international relations in the twenty-first century. The contributions, written by a team of international scholars, provide authoritative surveys and interventions into the field of international ethics. Focusing on new and emerging ethical challenges to international relations, and approaching existing challenges through the lens of new theoretical and methodological frameworks, the book is structured around five themes: • New directions in international ethics • Ethical actors and practices in international relations • The ethics of climate change, globalization, and health • Technology and ethics in international relations • The ethics of global security Interdisciplinary in its scope, this book will be an important resource for scholars and students in the fields of politics and international relations, philosophy, law and sociology, and a useful reference for anyone who wishes to acquire ‘ethical competence’ in the area of international relations.
Routledge Handbook of Development Ethics
Author: Jay Drydyk
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317236106
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 461
Book Description
The Routledge Handbook of Development Ethics provides readers with insight into the central questions of development ethics, the main approaches to answering them, and areas for future research. Over the past seventy years, it has been argued and increasingly accepted that worthwhile development cannot be reduced to economic growth. Rather, a number of other goals must be realised: Enhancement of people's well-being Equitable sharing in benefits of development Empowerment to participate freely in development Environmental sustainability Promotion of human rights Promotion of cultural freedom, consistent with human rights Responsible conduct, including integrity over corruption Agreement that these are essential goals has also been accompanied by disagreements about how to conceptualize or apply them in different cases or contexts. Using these seven goals as an organizing principle, this handbook presents different approaches to achieving each one, drawing on academic literature, policy documents and practitioner experience. This international and multi-disciplinary handbook will be of great interest to development policy makers and program workers, students and scholars in development studies, public policy, international studies, applied ethics and other related disciplines.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317236106
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 461
Book Description
The Routledge Handbook of Development Ethics provides readers with insight into the central questions of development ethics, the main approaches to answering them, and areas for future research. Over the past seventy years, it has been argued and increasingly accepted that worthwhile development cannot be reduced to economic growth. Rather, a number of other goals must be realised: Enhancement of people's well-being Equitable sharing in benefits of development Empowerment to participate freely in development Environmental sustainability Promotion of human rights Promotion of cultural freedom, consistent with human rights Responsible conduct, including integrity over corruption Agreement that these are essential goals has also been accompanied by disagreements about how to conceptualize or apply them in different cases or contexts. Using these seven goals as an organizing principle, this handbook presents different approaches to achieving each one, drawing on academic literature, policy documents and practitioner experience. This international and multi-disciplinary handbook will be of great interest to development policy makers and program workers, students and scholars in development studies, public policy, international studies, applied ethics and other related disciplines.
The Routledge Handbook of Global Ethics
Author: Darrel Moellendorf
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317592379
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 576
Book Description
Global ethics focuses on the most pressing contemporary ethical issues - poverty, global trade, terrorism, torture, pollution, climate change and the management of scarce recourses. It draws on moral and political philosophy, political and social science, empirical research, and real-world policy and activism. The Routledge Handbook of Global Ethics is an outstanding reference source to the key topics, problems and debates in this exciting subject, presenting an authoritative overview of the most significant issues and ideas in global ethics. The 31 chapters by a team of international contributors are structured into six key parts: normative theory conflict and violence poverty and development economic justice bioethics and health justice environment and climate ethics. Covering the theoretical and practical aspects of global ethics as well as policy, The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Global Ethics provides a benchmark for the study of global ethics to date, as well as outlining future developments. It will prove an invaluable reference for policy-makers, and is essential reading for students and researchers in philosophy, international relations, political science, environmental and development studies and human rights law.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317592379
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 576
Book Description
Global ethics focuses on the most pressing contemporary ethical issues - poverty, global trade, terrorism, torture, pollution, climate change and the management of scarce recourses. It draws on moral and political philosophy, political and social science, empirical research, and real-world policy and activism. The Routledge Handbook of Global Ethics is an outstanding reference source to the key topics, problems and debates in this exciting subject, presenting an authoritative overview of the most significant issues and ideas in global ethics. The 31 chapters by a team of international contributors are structured into six key parts: normative theory conflict and violence poverty and development economic justice bioethics and health justice environment and climate ethics. Covering the theoretical and practical aspects of global ethics as well as policy, The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Global Ethics provides a benchmark for the study of global ethics to date, as well as outlining future developments. It will prove an invaluable reference for policy-makers, and is essential reading for students and researchers in philosophy, international relations, political science, environmental and development studies and human rights law.
Military Ethics
Author: George R. Lucas
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199336881
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 281
Book Description
A comprehensive and case-driven account of the core ethical principles of the "Profession of Arms," together with a description of the rigorous ethical demands and moral dilemmas these principles impose upon individuals, both in and beyond combat. A thorough but readable, engaging account addressed both to military personnel and the wider public.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199336881
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 281
Book Description
A comprehensive and case-driven account of the core ethical principles of the "Profession of Arms," together with a description of the rigorous ethical demands and moral dilemmas these principles impose upon individuals, both in and beyond combat. A thorough but readable, engaging account addressed both to military personnel and the wider public.
The Routledge Handbook on Responsibility in International Relations
Author: Hannes Hansen-Magnusson
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 9780367218195
Category : International relations
Languages : en
Pages : 477
Book Description
Responsibility in international relations theory and practice : introducing the handbook / Hannes Hansen-Magnusson and Antje Vetterlein -- A plural theory of responsibility / Ilan Zvi Baron -- The emergence of responsibility as a global scheme of governance / Tomer Shadmy -- Human rights approach(es) to responsibility / Brooke Ackerley -- Political responsibility in a globalized but fractured age / Richard Beardsworth -- Moral IRresponsibility in world politics / Peter Sutch -- Rationalization, reticence, and the demands of global social and economic justice / Mark Busser -- Responsibility and authority in global governance / Jelena Cupać and Michael Zürn -- Responsibility and the English school / Victor Friedman -- The assigning and erosion of responsibility for the global environment / Steven Bernstein -- Moral geographies of responsibility in the global agrifood system / Tobias Gumbert and Doris Fuchs -- State responsibilities and international nuclear politics / Laura Considine and James Souter -- Delegating moral responsibility in war : lethal autonomous weapons systems and the responsibility gap / Elke Schwarz -- Negotiating protection through responsibility / Erna Burai -- From Lisbon to Sendai : responsibilities in international disaster management / Marco Krüger and Friedrich Gabel -- Responsible diplomacy : judgments, wider national interests and diplomatic peace / Markus Kornprobst -- Rising powers and responsibility / Johannes Plagemann and Amrita Narlikar -- Responsibility as an opportunity : China's water governance in the Mekong region / Yung-Yung Chang -- Responsibility as practice : implications of UN Security Council responsibilization / Holger Niemann -- Rebel with a cause : rebel responsibility in intrastate conflict situations / Mitja Sienknecht -- What responsibility for international organisations? : the independent accountability mechanisms of the multilateral development banks / Susan Park -- The International Labour Organization's role to ensure decent work in a globalized economy : a contested responsibility? / Julia Drubel -- Business and responsibility for human rights in global governance / David Jason Karp -- Social media actors : shared responsibility 3.0? / Gabi Schlag -- Responsibility on the high seas / Samuel Barkin and Elizabeth DeSombre -- The role of humanity's responsibility towards biodiversity : the BBNJ Treaty / Rachel Tiller, Elizabeth Nyman, Elizabeth Mendenhall and Elizabeth De Santo -- A responsibility to freeze? : the Arctic as a complex object of responsibility / Mathias Albert and Sebastian Knecht -- Responsibility for global finance : shareholders, supervisors, and stakeholders / Michael Christopher Sardo and Erin Lockwood -- Diplomacy and responsibilities in the transnational governance of the cyber domain / Andrea Calderaro -- Framing responsibility research in international relations / Antje Wiener -- Academic responsibility in the face of climate change / Patrick Th. Jackson -- Derrida's ethics of decision and the politics of responding to others / Stephan Engelkamp -- On potential and limits of the concept of responsibility as a reference point for the use of practical reason / Sergio Dellavalle.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 9780367218195
Category : International relations
Languages : en
Pages : 477
Book Description
Responsibility in international relations theory and practice : introducing the handbook / Hannes Hansen-Magnusson and Antje Vetterlein -- A plural theory of responsibility / Ilan Zvi Baron -- The emergence of responsibility as a global scheme of governance / Tomer Shadmy -- Human rights approach(es) to responsibility / Brooke Ackerley -- Political responsibility in a globalized but fractured age / Richard Beardsworth -- Moral IRresponsibility in world politics / Peter Sutch -- Rationalization, reticence, and the demands of global social and economic justice / Mark Busser -- Responsibility and authority in global governance / Jelena Cupać and Michael Zürn -- Responsibility and the English school / Victor Friedman -- The assigning and erosion of responsibility for the global environment / Steven Bernstein -- Moral geographies of responsibility in the global agrifood system / Tobias Gumbert and Doris Fuchs -- State responsibilities and international nuclear politics / Laura Considine and James Souter -- Delegating moral responsibility in war : lethal autonomous weapons systems and the responsibility gap / Elke Schwarz -- Negotiating protection through responsibility / Erna Burai -- From Lisbon to Sendai : responsibilities in international disaster management / Marco Krüger and Friedrich Gabel -- Responsible diplomacy : judgments, wider national interests and diplomatic peace / Markus Kornprobst -- Rising powers and responsibility / Johannes Plagemann and Amrita Narlikar -- Responsibility as an opportunity : China's water governance in the Mekong region / Yung-Yung Chang -- Responsibility as practice : implications of UN Security Council responsibilization / Holger Niemann -- Rebel with a cause : rebel responsibility in intrastate conflict situations / Mitja Sienknecht -- What responsibility for international organisations? : the independent accountability mechanisms of the multilateral development banks / Susan Park -- The International Labour Organization's role to ensure decent work in a globalized economy : a contested responsibility? / Julia Drubel -- Business and responsibility for human rights in global governance / David Jason Karp -- Social media actors : shared responsibility 3.0? / Gabi Schlag -- Responsibility on the high seas / Samuel Barkin and Elizabeth DeSombre -- The role of humanity's responsibility towards biodiversity : the BBNJ Treaty / Rachel Tiller, Elizabeth Nyman, Elizabeth Mendenhall and Elizabeth De Santo -- A responsibility to freeze? : the Arctic as a complex object of responsibility / Mathias Albert and Sebastian Knecht -- Responsibility for global finance : shareholders, supervisors, and stakeholders / Michael Christopher Sardo and Erin Lockwood -- Diplomacy and responsibilities in the transnational governance of the cyber domain / Andrea Calderaro -- Framing responsibility research in international relations / Antje Wiener -- Academic responsibility in the face of climate change / Patrick Th. Jackson -- Derrida's ethics of decision and the politics of responding to others / Stephan Engelkamp -- On potential and limits of the concept of responsibility as a reference point for the use of practical reason / Sergio Dellavalle.
Routledge Handbook of Military Ethics
Author: George Lucas
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317801776
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 476
Book Description
The Routledge Handbook of Military Ethics is a comprehensive reference work that addresses concerns held in common by the military services of many nations. It attempts to discern both moral dilemmas and clusters of moral principles held in common by all practitioners of this profession, regardless of nation or culture. Comprising essays by contributors drawn from the four service branches (Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine corps) as well as civilian academics specializing in this field, this handbook discusses the relationship of "ethics" in the military setting to applied and professional ethics generally. Leading scholars and senior military practitioners from countries including the US, UK, France, China, Australia and Japan, discuss various national cultural views of the moral dimensions of military service. With reference to the responsibilities of professional orientation and education, as well as the challenges posed by recent technological developments, this handbook examines the difficulties underpinning the fundamental framework of military service. This book will be of much interest to students of military studies, war theory, ethics philosophy, sociology, war and conflict studies, and security studies.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317801776
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 476
Book Description
The Routledge Handbook of Military Ethics is a comprehensive reference work that addresses concerns held in common by the military services of many nations. It attempts to discern both moral dilemmas and clusters of moral principles held in common by all practitioners of this profession, regardless of nation or culture. Comprising essays by contributors drawn from the four service branches (Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine corps) as well as civilian academics specializing in this field, this handbook discusses the relationship of "ethics" in the military setting to applied and professional ethics generally. Leading scholars and senior military practitioners from countries including the US, UK, France, China, Australia and Japan, discuss various national cultural views of the moral dimensions of military service. With reference to the responsibilities of professional orientation and education, as well as the challenges posed by recent technological developments, this handbook examines the difficulties underpinning the fundamental framework of military service. This book will be of much interest to students of military studies, war theory, ethics philosophy, sociology, war and conflict studies, and security studies.