Ethics and National Defense: The Timeless IssuesJames C. Gaston, Janis Bren Hietala DIANE Publishing, 1994 - 263 páginas |
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... goals that have been assigned . Much as a lawyer is professionally committed to pro- viding the best defense possible for his client , re- gardless of the guilt or innocence of that client , a truly patriotic officer will set aside any ...
... goals that have been assigned . Much as a lawyer is professionally committed to pro- viding the best defense possible for his client , re- gardless of the guilt or innocence of that client , a truly patriotic officer will set aside any ...
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... goals . While this is certainly not a profound revelation , keeping this in mind helps to bring out some points that might otherwise not be obvious . First , careerism is what I would like to call a derivatively blamewor- thy activity ...
... goals . While this is certainly not a profound revelation , keeping this in mind helps to bring out some points that might otherwise not be obvious . First , careerism is what I would like to call a derivatively blamewor- thy activity ...
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... goals that we call it careerism . This being the case , it is always pertinent to ask just what particular moral rule a person has broken that justifies applying the careerist label . Simply refer- ring to the general category of ...
... goals that we call it careerism . This being the case , it is always pertinent to ask just what particular moral rule a person has broken that justifies applying the careerist label . Simply refer- ring to the general category of ...
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... goals to do whatever is necessary to ensure advancement . Even if the interests of the military and the careerist coin- cidentally match up by some stroke of luck or master planning , it may not remain intact for any length of time ...
... goals to do whatever is necessary to ensure advancement . Even if the interests of the military and the careerist coin- cidentally match up by some stroke of luck or master planning , it may not remain intact for any length of time ...
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... goals . After all , it is conceivable that someone with a hun- gry family might justly violate some less pressing moral rules to improve his desperate situation , even if it is less plausible to sanction moral shortcoming to procure ...
... goals . After all , it is conceivable that someone with a hun- gry family might justly violate some less pressing moral rules to improve his desperate situation , even if it is less plausible to sanction moral shortcoming to procure ...
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.