Military Ethics: An Introduction with Case Studies

Military Ethics: An Introduction with Case Studies provides an accessible introduction to the ethical issues faced by today’s junior and mid-ranking military personnel. Offering an exceptionally practical perspective, it includes more than fifty engaging case studies-personal, historical, and fictional accounts-that give students a bird’s-eye view of various real-world ethical dilemmas. Opening with an introduction to ethics and an overview of ethical theory, the book goes on to discuss ethical problems related to: the use and misuse of power and authority; discrimination and proportionality in traditional conflicts, irregular wars, and humanitarian military interventions; supreme emergency, terrorism, and responses to terrorism; and much more.Military Ethics is enhanced by suggestions for further reading, an abbreviation key, an extensive bibliography, and an appendix including a list of the international treaties that make up the Law of Armed Conflict. A companion website at www.oup.com/us/coleman features lecture notes, additional case studies, and discussion questions.Military Ethics: An Introduction with Case Studies is written by Stephen Coleman and published by Oxford University Press. ISBNs for Military Ethics: An Introduction with Case Studies are 9780192693242, 0192693247 and the print ISBNs are 9780199846290, 0199846294.