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A concluding reflection on military ethical decision-makingIn Deane-Peter Baker (ed.), Ethics at war: how should military personnel make ethical decisions?, Routledge. 2023.
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18Military Ethics Education – What Is It, How Should It Be Done, and Why Is It Important?Conatus 8 (2): 759-774. 2023.This paper explores the topic of military ethics, what we mean by that term, what it covers, how it is understood, and how it is taught. It suggests that the unifying factor that makes this a coherent subject beyond individual national interpretations of it is the core idea of military professionalism. The paper draws out the distinction between training and education and draws on research conducted by a number of different people and agencies, including the International Committee of the Red Cr…Read more
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25Cyber Warfare Ethics (edited book)Howgate Publishing. 2021.Cyber technology gives states the ability to accomplish effects that once required kinetic action. These effects can now be achieved with cyber means in a manner that is covert, deniable, cheap, and technologically feasible for many governments. In some cases, cyber means are morally preferable to conventional military operations, but in other cases, cyber's unique qualities can lead to greater mischief than governments would have chanced using kinetic means. This volume addresses the applicabil…Read more
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Challenges to the professional military ethics education landscapeIn Don Carrick, James Connelly & David Whetham (eds.), Making the Military Moral: Contemporary Challenges and Responses in Military Ethics Education, Routledge/taylor & Francis Group. 2018.
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4Making the Military Moral: Contemporary Challenges and Responses in Military Ethics Education (edited book)Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group. 2018.This book offers a critical analysis, both theoretical and practical, of ethics education in the military. In the twenty-first century, it has become increasingly important to ensure that the armed forces of Western and other democracies fight justly and behave ethically. The 'good soldier' has to be not only professionally skilled but morally intelligent. At a time of relentless media scrutiny, the publicising of incidents of morally and legally unacceptable behaviour, such as the gross mistrea…Read more
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58Neuroenhancements in the Military: A Mixed-Method Pilot Study on Attitudes of Staff Officers to Ethics and RulesNeuroethics 15 (1): 1-18. 2022.Utilising science and technology to maximize human performance is often an essential feature of military activity. This can often be focused on mission success rather than just the welfare of the individuals involved. This tension has the potential to threaten the autonomy of soldiers and military physicians around the taking or administering of enhancement neurotechnologies (e.g., pills, neural implants, and neuroprostheses). The Hybrid Framework was proposed by academic researchers working in …Read more
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9Military Virtues (edited book)Howgate Publishing. 2019.At a minimum, military professionals need to have a clear and working knowledge of the ethical decisions that underpin their profession in order to evaluate situations quickly. In the search for such clarity, this volume identifies 14 key virtues of the military professional and through opening commentaries and real world examples of those virtues in practice, it provides guidance for service personnel at every stage of their career.
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18An Introduction and Review: The King’s College London Centre for Military EthicsJournal of Military Ethics 17 (1): 72-78. 2018.
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17“Are We Fighting Yet?” Can Traditional Just War Concepts Cope with Contemporary Conflict and the Changing Character of War?The Monist 99 (1): 55-69. 2016.
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33The Challenge of Ethical Relativism in a Coalition EnvironmentJournal of Military Ethics 7 (4): 302-316. 2008.It appears fairly obvious that different cultures look at things in different ways. In Book III of his History, Herodotus gives an excellent and well-known example of ethical relativism by explaini...
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22Targeted Killing: Accountability and Oversight via a Drone Accountability RegimeEthics and International Affairs 29 (1): 59-65. 2015.
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9Ethics, law, and military operations (edited book)Palgrave-Macmillan. 2011.While there are many legal textbooks on the laws of armed conflict and academic works on ethical issues in international relations, this is the first text on the relevance of legal and normative issues in military practice. It covers the entire spectrum of military operations and is written with military deicision-makers particularly in mind.
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131Morality and War: Can War Be Just in the Twenty-first Century?Journal of Military Ethics 11 (1): 75-77. 2012.No abstract
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25'Saying No': Command Responsibility and the Ethics of Selective Conscientious ObjectionJournal of Military Ethics 8 (2): 87-89. 2009.No abstract
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17Response to Michael Gross: Human Shields, Participatory Liability, and Different Sets of RulesJournal of Military Ethics 14 (3-4): 255-259. 2015.
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