War, morality and the militry profession / (Record no. 23949)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 813303605
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Classification number 306.2 WAR 2nd ed.
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Personal name Wakin, Malham M. (ed.)
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Title War, morality and the militry profession /
Statement of responsibility, etc. edited by Malham M. Wakin
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Edition statement 2nd rev. ed.
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Place of publication, distribution, etc. London
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Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Westview
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Date of publication, distribution, etc. 1986
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Extent 521 p.
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Summary, etc. This anthology brings together material on two major related topics: the military profession, and morality and war. The revised and updated edition retains those sections that made the original version. indispensable in the classroom, while incorporating new selections. on topics of special concern for the 1980s and beyond. In particular, Colonel Wakin has included essays focusing on the relevance of nuclear deterrence and "just war" theory in the nuclear age. More than a third of the chapters are new.<br/><br/>The articles in the first section stress the ethical dimensions of the military profession, considering topics such as the conflict between military values and societal norms, the relation of the military to the state, and the concepts of loyalty, honor, and integrity. New chapters include an essay by Vice Admiral James B. Stockdale suggesting how moral philosophy can serve the profession, contem porary commentaries on the professions by Jacques Barzun and Max Lerner, and new thoughts on ethics and leadership by Colonel Wakin. The essays in Part 2 confront the agonizing moral issues associated with warfare, especially modern warfare. In conjunction with discussions of the laws of war and war crimes, new chapters highlight the continuing debate on nuclear issues. Included are excerpts from the U.S. Catholic Bishops' pastoral letter, "The Challenge of Peace: God's Promise and Our Response"; a defense of pacifism by Stanley Hauerwas; arguments about the use of nuclear weapons and nuclear deterrence by Michael Walzer, Michael Novak, and Charles Kraut hammer; and some moral reflections on the Strategic Defense Initiative ("Star Wars") by Kenneth Kemp. Malham M. Wakin is associate dean of the faculty and professor and head of the Department of Philosophy and Fine Arts, United States Air Force Academy. He is in his twenty-seventh year of teaching philosophy at the academy.
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Militry ethics
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