Moral Intuition and the Professional Military Ethic

Abstract

In September 2010 Military Review published a special edition featuring articles concerning the Army Ethic and a host of papers regarding morality, war crimes and Army Values. In the lead article for this edition "Owning our Army Ethic," 4 the author's stated purpose is "to provide a general organizing framework...in order to guide future dialog." The purpose of this paper is to add to that dialog. Why do parents at a youth soccer game sometimes go to fists regarding a perceived bad call by a referee? Why do politicians shamefully revert to punching, name calling and profanity? Why do women often cry at a wedding and men cry at a change of command? Why do fans of opposing NFL teams support or malign the same referee? Recall in your mind's eye, the story of Helen of Troy and exactly why 1000 ships were launched?

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 14, 2011
Accession Number
ADA546492

Entities

People

  • Michael C. Sevcik

Organizations

  • United States Army Command and General Staff College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Brain
  • Case Studies
  • Cognition
  • Education
  • Families (Human)
  • Judgment
  • Morals (Social Psychology)
  • Personality
  • Psychological Phenomena And Processes
  • Psychology
  • Reasoning
  • Schools
  • Social Psychology
  • Thalamus
  • Thinking
  • Training
  • Universities

Readers

  • Game Theory.
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.
  • Military Leadership and Professional Education.