Moral Reasoning in the U.S. Army: An Ethical Dilemma

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to identify the need for moral reasoning skills for ethical development within the U.S. Army. Ethical development is a process involving moral and cognitive reasoning skills. If one of these skills is neglected it may have an effect on the other. In other words, both moral and cognitive development needs to be fostered in order to produce a wholly developed Soldier.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 10, 2005
Accession Number
AD1111119

Entities

People

  • Patrick M. Zangarine

Organizations

  • United States Army Sergeants Major Academy

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Adolescents
  • Education
  • Educational Psychology
  • Families (Human)
  • Morals (Social Psychology)
  • New York
  • Personality
  • Professional Development
  • Psychological Phenomena And Processes
  • Psychology
  • Reasoning
  • Social Psychology
  • Students
  • Supreme Court
  • Thinking
  • Training
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Education

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  • Military Leadership and Professional Education.
  • Team-Based Human-Centered Cognitive Task Decision Making and Information Performance.