Awakening warrior : revolution in the ethics of warfare / Timothy L. Challans.

Author/creator Challans, Timothy L., 1954-
Format Book
Publication InfoAlbany : State University of New York Press, ©2007.
Descriptionxvi, 227 pages ; 23 cm.
Supplemental ContentTable of contents only
Subjects
Military ethics.
War--Moral and ethical aspects.

SeriesSUNY series, ethics and the military profession
SUNY series, ethics and the military profession. ^A696959
Contents The unreflective life : the sleep of reason -- The myth of moral progress -- 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? -- 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? -- 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? -- 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? -- The fully reflective life and military ethics -- The possibility of moral progress.
Local noteLittle-351604--305131037921Z
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 215-217) and index.
LCCN 2006023733
ISBN079147125X (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN9780791471258 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN0791471268 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN9780791471265 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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