Challans Awakening Warrior

Revolution in the Ethics of Warfare
1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-0-7914-7991-9
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 243 Seiten

Reihe: SUNY series, Ethics and the Military Profession

Explores moral progress in the American military.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Challans, Timothy L.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ethik, Moralphilosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
Acknowledgments

1. THE UNREFLECTIVE LIFE: THE SLEEP OF REASON

The Myth of Moral Progress 2. THE PSEUDO-REFLECTIVE LIFE: BATTLE SLEEP
Reflection Deferred and Moral Error
Moral Authority
Lost in the Particulars
The Vices of Virtue
Is Moral Progress without Reflection Possible? 3. THE SEMI-REFLECTIVE LIFE: INSTRUMENTAL MEANS
Instrumental Means and Moral Error
Inadequate Decision Procedures
A Philosophical Critical Method
Disregarding Ends: When Means Become Ends
Are Moral Means Possible? 4. THE QUASI-REFLECTIVE LIFE: INADEQUATE ENDS
Inadequate Ends and Moral Error
Disregarding Means: When Ends Eclipse Means
Presumed Ends
Deliberating New Ends
Are Moral Ends Possible? 5. THE FULLY REFLECTIVE LIFE: AUTONOMY FOR AUTOMATONS
Autonomous Modes and Methods of Philosophical Ethics
The Ethical Principles of War
From Heteronomy to Autonomy: Reformulating Moral Intuitions
Moral Autonomy: Creating Better Understanding and Motivation
Is Moral Autonomy Possible? 6. THE FULLY REFLECTIVE LIFE AND MILITARY ETHICS
The Possibility of Moral Progress Notes
Bibliography
About the Author
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Timothy L. Challans is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the School of Advanced Military Studies (SAMS).