Ethics and National Defense: The Timeless IssuesJames C. Gaston, Janis Bren Hietala DIANE Publishing, 1994 - 263 páginas |
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... clear understanding of what it is that they have been tasked to do , yet the exact nature of that charge is not immediately apparent . If pressed to explain this charge , most officers would probably first attempt to place the phrase in ...
... clear understanding of what it is that they have been tasked to do , yet the exact nature of that charge is not immediately apparent . If pressed to explain this charge , most officers would probably first attempt to place the phrase in ...
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... clearly understand our " marching orders . " ** Perhaps the responsibilities of " special trust and con- fidence " can ... clear or adequate guidance . First , merely note the deep and continuing disa- greement concerning the nature and ...
... clearly understand our " marching orders . " ** Perhaps the responsibilities of " special trust and con- fidence " can ... clear or adequate guidance . First , merely note the deep and continuing disa- greement concerning the nature and ...
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... clearly collective " national interests , " and " the welfare of the soldiers . " It is a necessary requirement for the officer to act within at least one rule - utilitarian restriction to preserve the form and stability of our society ...
... clearly collective " national interests , " and " the welfare of the soldiers . " It is a necessary requirement for the officer to act within at least one rule - utilitarian restriction to preserve the form and stability of our society ...
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... clear that careerism is not a single sin , but a collection of moral transgressions , united only in that they are commit- ted in the same context . Lying , cheating , being disin- genuous in personal relationships , causing needless ...
... clear that careerism is not a single sin , but a collection of moral transgressions , united only in that they are commit- ted in the same context . Lying , cheating , being disin- genuous in personal relationships , causing needless ...
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... clear . Indeed , one might even argue that it requires some moral courage to resist this form of careerism . After all , the service itself seems to encourage and reward the behavior and in some sense punish those who decline to par ...
... clear . Indeed , one might even argue that it requires some moral courage to resist this form of careerism . After all , the service itself seems to encourage and reward the behavior and in some sense punish those who decline to par ...
Términos y frases comunes
actions Air Force American analysis argue argument armed forces attack behavior Captain careerist civilian clandestine client combat units conduct confidentiality conflict consider conventional decision develop dilemmas duty enemy ethical rules fight Geneva Conventions goals guerrilla guidance immoral individual intelligence officer involved issues jus ad bellum jus in bello justify law of war Limits of Loyalty Marine Corps ment mili military officers military physician moral problems moral rules nuclear weapons obligation officer's oath one's Operation Valkyrie operations personal morality ples political practical profes profession professional ethics promotion system questions reasonable relationship responsibility role small wars soldier special trust staff judge advocates standards strategic defense tactical tary teaching of ethics tion tional tive traditional trust and confidence types of career U.S. Air Force U.S. Army U.S. forces U.S. military U.S. Military Academy values Vietnam violations women World War II
Pasajes populares
Página 161 - Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field of 12 August 1949; the Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked Members of Armed Forces at Sea of 12 August 1949; the Geneva Convention relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War...
Página 170 - Act only on that maxim through which you can at the same time will that it should become a universal law...
Página 177 - Having found the bomb we have used it. We have used it against those who attacked us without warning at Pearl Harbor, against those who have starved and beaten and executed American prisoners of war, against those who have abandoned all pretense of obeying international laws of warfare. We have used it in order to shorten the agony of war, in order to save the lives of thousands and thousands of young Americans.
Página 18 - If there is any fixed star in our constitutional constellation, it is that no official, high or petty, can prescribe what shall be orthodox in politics, nationalism, religion, or other matters of opinion or force citizens to confess by word or act their faith therein If there are any circumstances which permit an exception, they do not now occur to us.
Página 182 - I am directing a comprehensive and intensive effort to define a long-term research and development program to begin to achieve our ultimate goal of eliminating the threat posed by strategic nuclear missiles.
Página 163 - The High Contracting Parties undertake, in time of peace as in time of war, to disseminate the text of the present Convention as widely as possible in their respective countries, and, in particular, to include the study thereof in their programmes of military and, if possible, civil instruction, so that the principles thereof may become known to all their armed forces and to the entire population.
Página 162 - Kind-hearted people might, of course, think there was some ingenious way to disarm or defeat an enemy without too much bloodshed and might imagine this is the true goal of the art of war. Pleasant as it sounds, it is a fallacy that must be exposed...
Página 64 - I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office upon which I am about to enter; so help me God.
Página 162 - The High Contracting Parties undertake to respect and to ensure respect for the present Convention in all circumstances.
Página 163 - The contracting Powers shall issue instructions to their armed land forces which shall be in conformity with the Regulations respecting the laws and customs of war on land, annexed to the present Convention.