Military Ethics: The Dutch Approach - A Practical Guide [Hardcover]

Th. A. van Baarda (Editor), D. E. M. Verweij (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 31, 2006 | ISBN-10: 900415440X | ISBN-13: 978-9004154407

This collection is a unique joint venture of teachers in, and practitioners of military ethics. Representatives of each branch of the Armed Forces, i.e. the Navy, the Army, the Air Force and the Military Police, discuss their branch-specific experiences with moral questions and dilemmas. The moral questions and dilemma's which arise in their work are also discussed by certain professional groups within the Armed Forces, such as the Military Medical Service and the Military Psychological Service. Detailed attention is given to how junior commanders can enhance morally responsible behaviour within their unit. A substantial part of the book focuses on teaching military ethics. It includes the Socratic dialogue, decision-making skills, and a chapter containing fictitious moral dilemmas that can be used as exercises. The book is aimed at those responsible for training at military training centres as well as at cadets, midshipmen and young officers. It will also be an important tool for commanders preparing for a mission. And it will be of use for all those concerned with the subject of military ethics at policy and management level, both in the armed forces and outside it. "Military Ethics: The Dutch Approach - A Practical Guide" is an adapted translation of the main chapters of the Dutch-language volume, "Praktijkboek Militaire Ethiek (Practitioner's Guide Military Ethics)".

Editorial Reviews

Review

'...plausible and usually persuasive...' Patrick Nold, English Historical Review, 2002. 'Friedlander [...] succeeds admirably in his task of recovering Bernard Francisan and giving us a firmly grounded picture of what it could mean to follow the ideals of the saint of Assisi in the turbulent context of the late 1200s and early 1300s.' James B. Given, Speculum, 2001.

About the Author

Alan R. Friedlander, Ph.D., UC Berkeley, is Professor of History at Southern Connecticut State University. He specialises in medieval French church history and his many publications include Processus Bernardi Delitiosi: The Trial of Fr. Bernard Delicieux, 3 September-8 September 1319 (1996) and "Jean XXII et les Spirituels: le Cas de Bernard Delicieux." (Cahiers de Fanjeaux 26, 1991).

Product Details

• Hardcover: 395 pages
• Publisher: BRILL (October 31, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 900415440X
• ISBN-13: 978-9004154407
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 6.4 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,690,725 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)