The moral warrior : ethics and service in the U.S. military / Martin L. Cook.

By:

Cook, Martin L, 1951-

Series: SUNY series, ethics and the military professionPublication details: Albany, NY : State University of New York Press, 2004.Description: xii, 174 p. ; 23 cmISBN:

0791462412
0791462420 (pbk.)

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

172/.42/0973 22

LOC classification:

U22 .C597 2004

Contents:

PART ONE. MORAL FACETS OF MILITARY SERVICE : 1. The Moral Framework of War -- 2. Why Serve the State? Moral Foundations of Military Officership -- 3. The Normative Dimensions of Military Professionalism -- 4. The Moral Role of Professional Military Advice. PART TWO. MORAL SOLDIERS AND MORAL CAUSES: SERVING THE NEEDS OF JUSTICE IN THE NEW WORLD ORDER : 5. Just Peacemaking: The Challenges of Humanitarian Intervention -- 6. Resisting Global Terrorism -- 7. Noncombatant Immunity and the Force Protection Imperative -- 8. Strategic Theory, Military Practice, and the Laws of War: The Case of Strategic Bombing -- 9. Transcending Westphalia.

Summary: Publisher description: [The moral warrior] explores the moral dimensions of the current global role of the U.S. military. For the first time in history, the capabilities of the U.S. military far outstrip those of any potential rival, either singly or collectively, and this reality raises fundamental questions about its role, nature, and conduct. The Moral Warrior explores a wide range of ethical issues regarding the nature and purpose of voluntary military service, the moral meaning of the unique military power of the United States in the contemporary world, and the moral challenges posed by the "war" on terrorism.

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Item type	Current library	Shelving location	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	NMC Library	Stacks	U22 .C597 2004 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		33039000748201

Includes bibliographical references (p. 159-172) and index.

Publisher description: [The moral warrior] explores the moral dimensions of the current global role of the U.S. military. For the first time in history, the capabilities of the U.S. military far outstrip those of any potential rival, either singly or collectively, and this reality raises fundamental questions about its role, nature, and conduct. The Moral Warrior explores a wide range of ethical issues regarding the nature and purpose of voluntary military service, the moral meaning of the unique military power of the United States in the contemporary world, and the moral challenges posed by the "war" on terrorism.