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Author Verweij, Désirée

Title Ethics and Military Practice
Published Boston : BRILL, 2022

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Description 1 online resource (138 p.)
Series International Studies on Military Ethics Ser
International Studies on Military Ethics Ser
Contents Half Title -- Series Information -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Notes on Contributors -- Chapter 1 Introduction: Ethics and Military Practice -- 1 Ethics and Military Ethics -- 2 Ethics and Military Ethics at Three Levels -- 3 The Human Being as Moral Agent -- 4 Recognising the Other as the Moral Point of View -- 5 Reification: The Failure to Recognise the Other and the Moral Point of View -- 5.1 Reification in Military Practice: The 'Enemy' in Capital Letters -- 6 The 'Right Intention'
7 Relationality and Responsibility: The 'Self' and the 'Other' in the Military Context -- Literature -- Chapter 2 Fostering Reflective Practice and Moral Competence: Ethics Education in the Military -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Case Example -- 3 Three Perspectives on a Moral Question -- 3.1 Ethics of Consequence (or Consequentialism or Utilitarianism) -- 3.2 Ethics of Duty (or Deontology) -- 3.3 Virtue Ethics -- 4 Moral Competence -- 5 Principles for Ethics Education for Soldiers -- 6 Conclusion -- Literature
Chapter 3 'The Roof, the Roof, the Roof is on Fire': Moral Standards and Moral Disengagement in Military Organisations -- 1 Introduction -- 2 'Week Review' Case -- 3 Recognising Moral Disengagement: Eight Factors -- 3.1 Euphemistic Language -- 3.2 Advantageous Comparison -- 3.3 Displacement of Responsibility -- 3.4 Diffusion of Responsibility -- 3.5 Disregarding and Denial of Injurious Effects -- 3.6 Dehumanisation -- 3.7 Blaming the Victim -- 4 Moral Disengagement and Organisational Learning -- 4.1 A 'Just Culture' Perspective -- 5 Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- Literature
Chapter 4 Loyalty: A Grey Virtue? -- 1 Introduction -- 2 What Is Loyalty? -- 3 Dual Loyalty -- 4 May Loyalty Always Be Expected? -- 5 Discussion -- Literature -- Chapter 5 Moral Injury: The Psychological Impact of Morally Critical Situations -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Gio's Story: 'A Good Soldier, But Not a Good Person' -- 3 Bob's Story: 'What Am I Doing Here?' -- 4 Post-traumatic Stress Disorder and Moral Injury -- 5 Individual Dimensions of Moral Injury -- 6 Political and Societal Dimensions of Moral Injury -- 7 Doing Justice to Moral Injury -- 8 Conclusion -- Literature
Chapter 6 Ethics and Technology -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Moral Decision-making on the Battlefield: The Philosophical Background -- 3 Information and Communication Technology in Military Practice -- 4 Moral Decision-making in Military Practice -- 5 Normative Practice Analysis -- 5.1 From Social Practices to Normative Practices -- 5.2 Military Practice as Normative Practice: Structure and Direction -- 5.2.1 Structure -- 5.2.2 Direction -- 6 Technology Connects Practices -- 7 Technology Itself Is Not Neutral -- 8 Conclusion -- Literature -- Chapter 7 An Organisational Perspective on Military Ethics
Notes Description based upon print version of record
1 Introduction
Form Electronic book
Author Olsthoorn, Peter
van Baarle, Eva
ISBN 9789004512474
9004512470