Morals Under the Gun: The Cardinal Virtues, Military Ethics, and American SocietyUniversity Press of Kentucky |
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... professionals and military professionalism as best I can to civil- ian academics and students . Some years ago , at a state university in New England , I discovered that the students to whom I lectured ( mostly jun- iors and seniors in ...
... professionals and military professionalism as best I can to civil- ian academics and students . Some years ago , at a state university in New England , I discovered that the students to whom I lectured ( mostly jun- iors and seniors in ...
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... professional mili- tary ethic . Rather smugly we declare our common allegiance to , and membership in , a self - proclaimed citadel of modern chivalry , whose corrupt knights — one thinks of Lieutenant Calley at My Lai — are sup ...
... professional mili- tary ethic . Rather smugly we declare our common allegiance to , and membership in , a self - proclaimed citadel of modern chivalry , whose corrupt knights — one thinks of Lieutenant Calley at My Lai — are sup ...
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... professionals . Soldiers kill and soldiers die . As Murray Kempton put it , more than thirty years ago , " The good soldier will [ also ] lie under orders as bravely as he will die under them . " 3 And so it is with Oliver North : " I'm ...
... professionals . Soldiers kill and soldiers die . As Murray Kempton put it , more than thirty years ago , " The good soldier will [ also ] lie under orders as bravely as he will die under them . " 3 And so it is with Oliver North : " I'm ...
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... professional military can and does kill . Are we to believe that it cannot lie or cheat or steal ? Are we to believe that it cannot tolerate those who do ? But how many professional military members are lying , right now , as they fill ...
... professional military can and does kill . Are we to believe that it cannot lie or cheat or steal ? Are we to believe that it cannot tolerate those who do ? But how many professional military members are lying , right now , as they fill ...
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... professionals who are possibly obliged to kill — and to lie , cheat , and steal — on occasion for their government . Great lip service is paid to codes and paradigms that , in actual circum- stances , are silly , sophomoric , or ...
... professionals who are possibly obliged to kill — and to lie , cheat , and steal — on occasion for their government . Great lip service is paid to codes and paradigms that , in actual circum- stances , are silly , sophomoric , or ...
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.