The Impact of the Military

doi:10.5771/9783374071883

The Impact of the Military

on Character Formation, Ethical Education, and the Communication of Values in Late Modern Pluralistic Societies

Published 2022

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ISBN print: 978-3-374-07187-6
ISBN online: 978-3-374-07188-3
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Abstract

In an often violent and dangerous world military defense systems exercise a major role in the ways societies and nations function, develop their aspirations, protect themselves, promote their identities and shape their destinies. As we are only too aware at this time in global history, conflict, war and peace are deeply entangled and often morally ambiguous. This timely volume of essays offers contributions from Europe, Africa and Australia. It raises fundamental issues about the indispensability of the virtues in the military; the relationship between military and the public good; the nature of combatants and a soldier’s responsibilities for humanity and peace; moral and spiritual injury; and new challenges for pastoral care in the armed forces.

Schlagworte

Ethics pastoral Societies nature Character military Communication forces Values Pluralistic combatants Education Moral Conflict

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1–12 Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis 1–12
13–24 Introduction Stephen Pickard Stephen Pickard 13–24
25–26 Part One: Combatants, Ethics, and Society 25–26
27–38 The Military Defense System and the Public Soul in Germany: A Protestant Perspective Jochen Cornelius-Bundschuh Jochen Cornelius-Bundschuh 27–38
39–48 Inner Leadership, or The Soldier’s Responsibility for Humanity and Peace Angelika Dörfler-Dierken Angelika Dörfler-Dierken 39–48
49–58 The Complementary Path to Peace: On Peace Ethics in German Protestantism Gerd Theißen, Sylvie Thonak Gerd Theißen, Sylvie Thonak 49–58
59–60 Part Two: Virtues: Re-Evaluating the Military Context 59–60
61–78 Which Morals Society Should Learn from the Military, and Which Decidedly Not Hartwig von Schubert Hartwig von Schubert 61–78
79–92 The Indispensability of Virtues in the Military: Virtue Ethical Considerations Following the Guiding Concept of the Miles Protector Marco Hofheinz Marco Hofheinz 79–92
93–104 Different Missions, Different Virtues? Keith Joseph Keith Joseph 93–104
105–122 From the Playing Field to the Battlefield: Does Sport in the Military Promote the Formation of a Specific Character? Martin Elbe Martin Elbe 105–122
123–138 After Chivalry Torsten Meireis Torsten Meireis 123–138
139–140 Part Three: Moral Injury and Character 139–140
141–152 Moral Injury, Moral Character, and Military Combatants Seumas Miller Seumas Miller 141–152
153–166 In the Shadow of the Operation: Moral and Spiritual Injuries as New Challenges for Pastoral Care in the German Armed Forces Isolde Karle, Niklas Peuckmann Isolde Karle, Niklas Peuckmann 153–166
167–184 Communal Responses to the Business of War Justin Bronson Barringer Justin Bronson Barringer 167–184
185–188 Contributors 185–188

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