Teaching Military Ethics as a Science 2

Abstract

Prior to this research, teaching ethics as a science was without precedent in the literature. The results of the research were potentially profound; findings supported the hypothesis that learning valuemetrics could increase the value judgement capability of university ROTC students when compared to philosophic based ethics instruction. If the findings could be replicated, valuemetrics could impact leadership training. The replication research, conducted between November 1988 and March 1989, used university Army ROTC students as an experimental group and Air Command and Staff College officers as the control group. Findings supported the conclusions in the original research and further suggested that the learning that took place in the experimental group was indeed 'real'. Keywords: Value judgement, Ethics, Psychology.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1989
Accession Number
ADA217277

Entities

People

  • Frank L. Carson

Organizations

  • Air War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Behavioral Sciences
  • Case Studies
  • Cognition
  • Data Analysis
  • Doctrine
  • Judgment
  • Leadership Training
  • Military Science
  • Personnel Management
  • Psychology
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Students
  • Test Methods
  • Thinking
  • United States
  • War Colleges

Fields of Study

  • Education

Readers

  • Military Leadership and Professional Education.
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.