Morals Under the Gun: The Cardinal Virtues, Military Ethics, and American SocietyUniversity Press of Kentucky |
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... philosophy by Plato and Aristotle . There are a number of books about classical education , such as Who Killed Homer ? and Cultivating Humanity ; about writing and fiction , such as Flannery O'Connor's The Habit of Being and David ...
... philosophy by Plato and Aristotle . There are a number of books about classical education , such as Who Killed Homer ? and Cultivating Humanity ; about writing and fiction , such as Flannery O'Connor's The Habit of Being and David ...
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... philosophy and theol- ogy , but — understandably — they have rarely thought about philosophy systematically . Moreover , many , if not most , military chaplains , as busy as they are with pastoral concerns , find little time for review ...
... philosophy and theol- ogy , but — understandably — they have rarely thought about philosophy systematically . Moreover , many , if not most , military chaplains , as busy as they are with pastoral concerns , find little time for review ...
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... philosophy , understand , I think , that one can teach ethics without being ordained ( and that I really do not ... philosophy and theological ethics are relevant to mili- tary science , and I have tried to make that case in the pages ...
... philosophy , understand , I think , that one can teach ethics without being ordained ( and that I really do not ... philosophy and theological ethics are relevant to mili- tary science , and I have tried to make that case in the pages ...
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... philosophical explorations . At the same time , I have tried to make the spirited and sometimes perplexing world of military ethics plainer to interested civilians . The Title Of The Book Military ethics , of course , refers to morals ...
... philosophical explorations . At the same time , I have tried to make the spirited and sometimes perplexing world of military ethics plainer to interested civilians . The Title Of The Book Military ethics , of course , refers to morals ...
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... philosophical heritage , deriving from the natural law . Natural law can be defined as a universal understanding of right and wrong toward which people can reason regardless of gender , class , culture , or country.36 Natural law is ...
... philosophical heritage , deriving from the natural law . Natural law can be defined as a universal understanding of right and wrong toward which people can reason regardless of gender , class , culture , or country.36 Natural law is ...
Contenido
Temperance and the Profession of Arms | 127 |
Character and the Profession of Arms | 145 |
Epilogue | 165 |
Notes | 173 |
Select Bibliography | 203 |
Index | 213 |
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Pasajes populares
Página 30 - INDUSTRY. Lose no time; be always employed in something useful ; cut off all unnecessary actions.
Página 136 - Jesus. •Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is gracious, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.
Página 122 - With exceptions so rare that they are regarded as miracles and freaks of nature, successful democratic politicians are insecure and intimidated men. They advance politically only as they placate, appease, bribe, seduce, bamboozle, or otherwise manage to manipulate the demanding and threatening elements in their constituencies.
Página 171 - Nothing which is true or beautiful or good makes complete sense in any immediate context of history; therefore we must be saved by faith. Nothing we do, however virtuous, can be accomplished alone; therefore we must be saved by love.
Página 183 - Do not be conformed to this world but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that you may prove what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.
Página 12 - Therefore a wise lord cannot, nor ought he, to keep faith when such observance may be turned against him, and when the reasons that, caused him to pledge it exist no longer. If men were entirely good this precept would not hold, but because they are bad, and will not keep faith with you, you too are not bound to observe it with them.
Página 128 - When I use a word,' Humpty Dumpty said in a rather scornful tone, 'it means just what I choose it to mean — neither more nor less.' 'The question is,' said Alice, 'whether you can make words mean so many different things.
Página 29 - ORDER Let all your things have their places; let each part of your business have its time. 4 RESOLUTION Resolve to perform what you ought; perform without fail what you resolve.
Página 96 - Let us have faith that right makes might, and in that faith let us to the end dare to do our duty as we understand it.
Página 29 - Eat not to dullness; drink not to elevation. 2 SILENCE Speak not but what may benefit others or yourself; avoid trifling conversation. 3 ORDER Let all your things have their places; let each part of your business have its time.