Violence in Extreme Conditions Ethical Challenges in Military Practice

As an organization operating under extreme conditions, the military is often confronted with destructive behavior from individuals, organizations, and societies. Written by experts from a variety of disciplines, this open access book reflects on confrontations with violence under extreme conditions...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Kramer, Eric-Hans (Editor), Molendijk, Tine (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 2023, 2023
Edition:1st ed. 2023
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • Multi – and interdisciplinary reflections on violence and military ethics
  • 2. Language and violence
  • 3. Military trauma and the conflicted human condition: Moral injury as a window into violence, human nature and military ethics
  • 4. Exploring the relevance of the systems psychodynamic approach to military organizations
  • Recent cases and developments
  • 5. Instrumental morality under a gaze: Israeli soldiers reasoning on doing “good”
  • 6. Soldiers as street level bureaucrats? Military Discretionary Autonomy and Moral Professionalism in a Police Perspective
  • 7. The Future of the Comprehensive Approach as a Strategy for Intervention
  • Some answers to current challenges
  • 8. Contemporary just war thinking and military education
  • 9. Educating for restraint
  • 10. The e-word (emotions) in military moral education: Making use of the dual-process model of moral psychology
  • 11. The Dutch approachto ethics: Integrity management in the military
  • Epilogue
  • 12. ‘Moresfare’ and the resilience paradox: Ethics as the terra incognita of hybrid warfare and its challenges
  • 13. Concluding reflections