The Bush Doctrine

Abstract

Ethics, the principles of conduct governing an individual or a profession. The president of the United States has an ethical obligation to the country to conduct himself with unquestionable moral integrity. As the leader of the most powerful nation in the world, President George W. Bush has changed the way our country conducts foreign policy with the release of the 2002 National Security Strategy. Does the establishment of policy legitimize or give ethical acceptance to an issue? President Truman first established our policy of containment and deterrence during the start of the cold war, a policy that has served our nation well for over half a century. With the invasion of Iraq, our nation applied a policy of preemptive strike; normative ethics would argue that preemptive war is unethical.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 16, 2005
Accession Number
AD1112103

Entities

People

  • John E. Clements

Organizations

  • United States Army Sergeants Major Academy

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Cold War
  • Deterrence
  • Doctrine
  • Foreign Policy
  • Governments
  • International Organizations
  • National Security
  • Security
  • Societies
  • South America
  • Terrorism
  • Terrorists
  • United States
  • United States Military Academy

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • Military Leadership and Professional Education.
  • Strategic Security Studies