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Foreword Patrick Cordingley Cordingley, Patrick
1 Introduction: Ethics Education in the Military Paul Robinson Robinson, Paul 1
Pt. I Case Studies
2 Education in an Ethos at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst Stephen Deakin Deakin, Stephen 15
3 An Ethics Curriculum for an Evolving Army Jeffrey Wilson Wilson, Jeffrey 31
4 Teaching Military Ethics in the British Armed Forces Patrick Mileham Mileham, Patrick 43
5 Ethics Education, Ethics Training, and Character Development: Who 'Owns' Ethics in the US Air Force Academy? Martin L. Cook Cook, Martin L. 57
6 Canada's Defence Ethics Programme and Ethics Training Yvon Desjardins Desjardins, Yvon 67
7 What Ought One to Do? Perspectives on Military Ethics Education in the Australian Defence Force Jamie Cullens Cullens, Jamie 79
8 Ethics Training in the Norwegian Defence Forces Tor Ante Berntsen Berntsen, Tor Ante Raag Rolfsen Rolfsen, Raag 95
9 Ethical Education and Character Development in the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Germany Stefan Werdelis Werdelis, Stefan 103
10 Reshaping the Ethical Training of Future French Commissioned Officers Henri Hude Hude, Henri 109
11 The Ethics Curriculum at the Netherlands Defence Academy, and Some Problems with its Theoretical Underpinnings Peter Olsthoorn Olsthoorn, Peter 119
12 Teaching and Training Military Ethics: An Israeli Experience Asa Kasher Kasher, Asa 133
13 Ethics Training for the Samurai Warrior Fumio Ota Ota, Fumio 147
Pt. II Responses
14 What is the Point of Teaching Ethics in the Military? Jessica Wolfendale Wolfendale, Jessica 161
15 The Ethical Warrior: A Classical Liberal Approach Alexander MoseleyMoseley, Alexander 175
16 The Future of Ethics Education in the Military: A Comparative Analysis Don Carrick Carrick, Don 187
17 Conclusion Paul Robinson Robinson, Paul Nigel de Lee de Lee, Nigel Don Carrick Carrick, Don 199
Index 203
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Sean Murphy
reviewed Ethics education in the military on April 10, 2016
Ethics education in the military
This 1985 survey of modern ethics comes to us from a provost at Kings College, Cambridge. Bernard Williams raises an ancient concept, “virtue,†as an alternative to what he considers today's implausible, impersonal systems of morality, which have been built up by philosophers such as Kant.
The first chapters look back at the Greek ideas of virtue. Middle chapters look at modern morality as an institution; the author highlights the many faults in this public morality. Final chapters look at alternatives. The discussion covers a lot of ground, including consequentialism, utilitarianism and egalitarianism.
Reading the book is at times a challenge. Williams doesn’t always make himself clear. Kant is mentioned early, but only haphazardly does his place in the theme emerge. Williams, once he explains the weaknesses with system-building moralities like Kant's, seems at a loss for alternatives. Whether values can count as knowledge is a question that complicates the challenge.
The final chapters are best. Williams clearly wants to turn back to Greek virtues for a renewed foundation of modern ethics. He suggests trying to stress the importance of free inquiry and a reflective consciousness as an alternative to moral system-building. His references here to the psychology, history and sociology of mankind suggest a non-cognitive metaethics that would delimit the scope of ethical inquiry.
The discussion leaves off at this point; what rules should govern public acts remain undecided. So I’m not convinced Williams has won his point that mankind must eschew moral systems for something more personal. What keeps this an interesting discussion is the distinction it makes between morality and ethics, and the non-cognitive alternatives it offers us. I recommend the book for readers who have at least some familiarity with ethical terminology.
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