Military Ethics

• Over 50 case studies, including three types: personal, historical and fictional accounts
• Up to date discussion of issues including irregular warfare in Iraq and Afghanistan, and humanitarian military interventions
• Each chapter addresses a specific topic, so the book can be used as a whole or in parts
• Suggestions for further reading follow every chapter in the book
• An abbreviation key allows students without prior military knowledge to quickly understand terminology
• The appendix includes a list of the international treaties which make up the Law of Armed Conflict
• An extensive bibliography is also featured at the back of the book.
• A companion website, at www.oup.com/us/coleman, features lecture notes, additional case studies and discussion questions.

Readership: Military Ethics Courses; Introduction to Philosophy at Military Academies. The book is especially for military academies in the US and internationally, especially in Canada, Australia (where the author is from), and UK. It will also sell some into the Military Ethics and Ethics of War courses in philosophy departments in schools where cadets, such as Texas A&M, Case Western, etc. The book will also work for ROTC Military Ethics courses.

Stephen Coleman, Program Director, Military Ethics, at the Australian Centre for the Study of Armed Conflict and Society & Vincent Fairfax Foundation Fellow at The University of New South Wales, Canberra, located at the Australian Defence Force Academy

Dr. Stephen Coleman is Senior Lecturer in Ethics and Leadership & Vincent Fairfax Foundation Fellow in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of NSW, Canberra, at the Australian Defence Force Academy. He is the author of one book (The Ethics of Artificial Uteruses: Implications for Reproduction and Abortion, Ashgate, 2004) and many papers in academic journals and edited collections on a diverse range of topics in applied ethics, including military ethics, police ethics, medical ethics, and the practical applications of human rights.

Preface:
List of Abbreviations:
1. INTRODUCTION: WHAT IS ETHICS? WHAT IS AN ETHICAL DECISION?
What is ethics and why should I study it?
Law and ethics
Ethical dilemmas and tests of integrity
2. ETHICAL THEORY: AN OVERVIEW
Case Study 2.1: The Runaway Railway Car:
Case Study 2.2: The Spare Parts Surgeon:
Ethical considerations
Theories of value and theories of ethics
Ethical theory: Consequences
Case Study 2.3: First Use of the Atomic Bomb:
Criticizing consequentialism
Ethical Theory: Principles and duties
Case Study 2.4: Shooting the Downed Pilot:
Criticizing deontology
Ethical Theory: Character
Case Study 2.5: Marines Don't Do That:
Is ethics simply relative?
Integrating theories of ethics
3. PROFESSIONAL ETHICS, DUTIES, AND OBLIGATIONS
Case Study 3.1: The HMAS Westralia Fire:
Discussion
The profession of arms
Role morality
Military values and military virtue
Case Study 3.2: Leave No One Behind:
Case Study 3.3: The Training Course:
The Triangular Balance
Case Study 3.4: Military Dispute over Casualties in Afghanistan:
Case Study 3.5: Esequiel Hernandez Shooting:
4. JUST WAR THEORY: TRADITIONAL ISSUES OF JUS AD BELLUM
Case Study 4.1: The 1991 Gulf War:
Case Study 4.2: The 2003 Invasion of Iraq:
Discussion
Alternative theories on war
A very brief history of just war theory
Ethics and international law
Implementing the principles of jus ad bellum
Case Study 4.3: The Korean War:
Case Study 4.4: The Six Day War:
Case Study 4.5: Israeli Attack on Iraq's Osirak Nuclear Reactor:
Case Study 4.6: The Falklands War:
Assessing the two gulf wars
5. JUST WAR THEORY: MODERN ISSUES OF JUS AD BELLUM; HUMANITARIAN INTERVENTION, INSURGENCY, AND COUNTER-INSURGENCY
Case Study 5.1: Operation Cast Lead:
Case Study 5.2: The 1999 NATO Intervention in Support of Kosovo:
Discussion
Of countries, states, and nations
The basics of jus ad bellum and insurgency
Case Study 5.3: The Fight Against Apartheid:
Jus ad bellum and difficult insurgency cases
Jus ad bellum and counter-insurgency
Case Study 5.4: Israel, Uganda, and the Entebbe Incident:
Justification for humanitarian intervention
Case Study 5.5: The Rwandan Genocide:
Case Study 5.6: Intervention in East Timor:
Responsibility to protect
6. POWER AND AUTHORITY: GIVING AND FOLLOWING ORDERS
Case Study 6.1: Ehren Watada and Iraq:
Case Study 6.2: Marine Advance on Baghdad:
Discussion
Considering Authority
Case Study 6.3: Wearing Body Armour in Afghanistan:
Case Study 6.4: The Logistics Officer's Problem:
The ethical problems of orders
Case Study 6.5: Orders to HMS Alacrity:
Case Study 6.6: Placing the Strobe:
Case Study 6.7: Come Right!:
Case Study 6.8: Reinterpreting Orders:
7. DISCRIMINATION AND PROPORTIONALITY I: TRADITIONAL ISSUES OF JUS IN BELLO
Case Study 7.1: Airpower and Marine Assault:
Discussion
Discrimination
The ethical permissibility of targeting combatants
The principle of non-combatant immunity
Case Study 7.2: The Incident at the Fallujah Mosque:
Proportionality
Case Study 7.3: Sinking of the General Belgrano:
Case Study 7.4: The Dam Busters Raid:
Modern Assessment of collateral damage
Case Study 7.5: Conviction of Milan Marti?:
Summary
8. DISCRIMINATION AND PROPORTIONALITY II: JUS IN BELLO IN IRREGULAR WARS
Case Study 8.1: Casualties in the 2008-2009 Gaza War:
Discussion
Discrimination in irregular wars
Case Study 8.2: Defending the Crashed Helicopter:
Rules of Engagement and Civilian Casualties in Irregular Wars
Case Study 8.3: Assault on a Taliban Compound:
Difficult cases of discrimination in irregular wars
Case Study 8.4: Israel and Targeted Killing:
Proportionality in irregular wars
9. DISCRIMINATION AND PROPORTIONALITY III: JUS IN BELLO IN HUMANITARIAN OPERATIONS
Case Study 9.1: NATO Attacks and Dual-Use Targets:
Discussion
Jus in bello in armed humanitarian operations
Dual-use targets
Peacekeeping or peacemaking
Case Study 9.2: Protecting Civilians by Endangering Troops:
Case Study 9.3: The Baby Ram:
Case Study 9.4: The Child Soldier:
Case Study 9.5: Moscow Theatre Siege:
10. ISSUES OF SURRENDER AND DETENTION
Case Study 10.1: Operation Red Wings:
Discussion
Surrender
Case Study 10.2: White Flags in Desert Storm:
Case Study 10.3: After the Battle:
Prisoners of war
Case Study 10.4: The Sniper and the Murderer:
11. SUPREME EMERGENCY, TERRORISM AND TORTURE
Case Study 11.1: The Petraeus Letter to the Troops:
Discussion
Supreme emergency
Case Study 11.2: The Decision to Bomb German Cities:
Supreme emergency and terrorism in the modern world
Supreme emergency and counter-terrorism in the modern world
Case Study 11.3: The Ticking Bomb in Paris:
Case Study 11.4: The Ticking Bomb in Sri Lanka:
12. CONCLUSION
The competent military leader and the good military leader
Appendix: The laws of armed conflict:
Bibliography:
Index: