Awakening Warrior: Revolution in the Ethics of Warfare

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Contents Preface ix Acknowledgments xv 1. THE UNREFLECTIVE LIFE: THE SLEEP OF REASON 1 The Myth of Moral Progress 1 2. THE PSEUDO-REFLECTIVE LIFE: BATTLE SLEEP 29 Reflection Deferred and Moral Error 31 Moral Authority 38 Lost in the Particulars 49 The Vices of Virtue 60 Is Moral Progress without Reflection Possible? 68 3. THE SEMI-REFLECTIVE LIFE: INSTRUMENTAL MEANS 73 Instrumental Means and Moral Error 74 Inadequate Decision Procedures 77 A Philosophical Critical Method 82 Disregarding Ends: When Means Become Ends 93 Are Moral Means Possible? 101 4. THE QUASI-REFLECTIVE LIFE: INADEQUATE ENDS 105 Inadequate Ends and Moral Error 106 Disregarding Means: When Ends Eclipse Means 110 Presumed Ends 116 Deliberating New Ends 127 Are Moral Ends Possible? 133 vii 5. THE FULLY REFLECTIVE LIFE: AUTONOMY FOR AUTOMATONS 137 Autonomous Modes and Methods of Philosophical Ethics 141 The Ethical Principles of War 151 From Heteronomy to Autonomy: Reformulating Moral Intuitions 157 Moral Autonomy: Creating Better Understanding and Motivation 166 Is Moral Autonomy Possible? 173 6. THE FULLY REFLECTIVE LIFE AND MILITARY ETHICS 177 The Possibility of Moral Progress 177 Notes 187 Bibliography 215 About the Author 219 Index 221 viii Contents ...