Ethics and the Future of Conflict: Lessons from the 1990s [Paperback]

Anthony F. Lang (Author), Albert C. Pierce (Author), Joel H. Rosenthal (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 29, 2003 | ISBN-10: 0131839934 | ISBN-13: 978-0131839939 | Edition: 1

Born of a multiyear, interdisciplinary collaborative project consisting of experts in international affairs, military strategy, diplomacy and ethics, this book focuses on the moral dimension of international and military affairs as it explores a series of moral dilemmas facing the US national security and military communities. The book focuses on the moral norms, procedures and outcomes of military action and its interdisciplinary and interprofessional approach demonstrates the need to examine issues from a variety of angles to achieve a full understanding of international affairs. Essays address the following issues: War, Strategy and Ethics; The Politics and Ethics of Rescue; Military Strategy and Terrorism; From Just War to Just Peace; From Moral Norm to Criminal Code: The Law of Armed Conflicts and the Restraint of Contemporary Warfare; What's Living and What's Dead in Nuclear Ethics; Living with Chemical and Biological Weapons: Ethical Considerations; Technology and the Battlefield: Moral Dilemmas on the Battlefield; Matching Moral Expectation and Military Capabilities in Modern Warfare; and Strategic Theory, Military Practice and the Laws of War: The Case of Strategic Bombing. For anyone interested in current international conflict.

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Born of a multiyear, interdisciplinary collaborative project consisting of experts in international affairs, military strategy, diplomacy and ethics, this book focuses on the moral dimension of international and military affairs as it explores a series of moral dilemmas facing the US national security and military communities. The book focuses on the moral norms, procedures and outcomes of military action and its interdisciplinary and interprofessional approach demonstrates the need to examine issues from a variety of angles to achieve a full understanding of international affairs. Essays address the following issues: War, Strategy and Ethics; The Politics and Ethics of Rescue; Military Strategy and Terrorism; From Just War to Just Peace; From Moral Norm to Criminal Code: The Law of Armed Conflicts and the Restraint of Contemporary Warfare; What's Living and What's Dead in Nuclear Ethics; Living with Chemical and Biological Weapons: Ethical Considerations; Technology and the Battlefield: Moral Dilemmas on the Battlefield; Matching Moral Expectation and Military Capabilities in Modern Warfare; and Strategic Theory, Military Practice and the Laws of War: The Case of Strategic Bombing. For anyone interested in current international conflict.

About the Author

Anthony E Lang, Jr., is a professor in the Department of Political Science at Albright College and is the author of Agency and Ethics: The Politics of Military Intervention. Albert C. Pierce is Director of the Center for the Study of Professional Military Ethics. The project that produced this book began while he was Professor of Military Strategy at the National War College. Joel H. Rosenthal is the president of the Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs and editor of the journal Ethics & International Affairs.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 208 pages
• Publisher: Prentice Hall; 1 edition (August 29, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0131839934
• ISBN-13: 978-0131839939
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.1 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #901,804 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)