Military Ethics and Virtues : an Interdisciplinary Approach for the 21st Century.
This book examines the role of military virtues in today's armed forces. Although long-established military virtues, such as honor, courage and loyalty, are what most armed forces today still use as guiding principles in an effort to enhance the moral behavior of soldiers, much depends on wheth...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Hoboken :
Taylor & Francis,
2010.
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| Series: | Cass Military Studies.
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| Summary: | This book examines the role of military virtues in today's armed forces. Although long-established military virtues, such as honor, courage and loyalty, are what most armed forces today still use as guiding principles in an effort to enhance the moral behavior of soldiers, much depends on whether the military virtues adhered to by these militaries suit a particular mission or military operation. Clearly, the beneficiaries of these military virtues are the soldiers themselves, fellow-soldiers, and military organizations, yet there is little that regulates the behavior of soldiers towards civili. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (186 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9780203840825 0203840828 1282882260 9781282882263 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |