Issues in Military Ethics: To Support and Defend the Constitution

Contents

Contents Preface xi Acknowledgments xiii Section I Overview: Legacies and New Challenges Chapter One What Should We Mean by “Military Ethics”? 3    With Henrik Syse Chapter Two Reflections on the Stockdale Legacy 7 Chapter Three The Day the World Changed? Reflections on 9/11 and U.S. National Security Strategy 19 Section II Civil-Military Relations Chapter Four The Revolt of the Generals: A Case Study in Professional Ethics 33 Chapter Five U.S. Civil Military Relations since 9/11: Issues in Ethics and Policy Development 45   With Mary Beth Ulrich viii Contents Section III Ethics Education in the Military Chapter Six Teaching Military Ethics in the U.S. Air Force: Challenges Posed by Service Culture 69 Chapter Seven Professional Military Ethics across the Career Spectrum 81 Chapter Eight Thucydides as a Resource for Teaching Ethics and Leadership in Military Education Environments 95 Section IV Religion in the U.S. Military Chapter Nine Is Just War Spirituality Possible? 107 Chapter Ten Christianity and Weapons of Mass Destruction 121 Chapter Eleven Evangelical Christianity in the U.S. Military 133 Chapter Twelve Diagnosing a Loss of Religious Diversity in the U.S. Military 147 Chapter Thirteen Whether (Modern, American) Soldiers, Too, Can Be Saved 157 Chapter Fourteen A Force for (Relative) Good: An Augustinian Perspective 173 Section V Ethical Issues in War Chapter Fifteen Michael Walzer’s Concept of “Supreme Emergency” 191 ix Contents Chapter Sixteen Asymmetric Air War: Ethical Implications 207   With Mark Conversino Chapter Seventeen Ethical Dilemmas in the Use of Airpower in Counterinsurgency War 223 Notes 237 Index 259 ...