Awakening Warrior, livre ebook

2007 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title
Awakening Warrior argues for a revolution in the ethics of warfare for the American War Machine—those political and military institutions that engage the world with physical force. Timothy L. Challans focuses on the systemic, institutional level of morality rather than bemoaning the moral shortcomings of individuals. He asks: What are the limits of individual moral agency? What kind of responsibility do individuals have when considering institutional moral error? How is it that neutral or benign moral actions performed by individuals can have such catastrophic morally negative effects from a systemic perspective? Drawing upon and extending the ethical theories of Kant, Dewey, and Rawls, Challans makes the case for an original set of moral principles to guide ethical action on the battlefield.
"…[Challans's] call for reformation combined with a demand for a new set of moral principles to govern the ethical behavior on the battlefield is certain to garner the attention and ire of many readers and military leaders." — Parameters
"This is an important book that needs to be read and taken seriously. If it is, it could be as revolutionary as its subtitle suggests." — CHOICE
Preface
Acknowledgments
1. THE UNREFLECTIVE LIFE: THE SLEEP OF REASON

The Myth of Moral Progress

2. THE PSEUDO-REFLECTIVE LIFE: BATTLE SLEEP

Reflection Deferred and Moral Error
Moral Authority
Lost in the Particulars
The Vices of Virtue
Is Moral Progress without Reflection Possible?

3. THE SEMI-REFLECTIVE LIFE: INSTRUMENTAL MEANS

Instrumental Means and Moral Error
Inadequate Decision Procedures
A Philosophical Critical Method
Disregarding Ends: When Means Become Ends
Are Moral Means Possible?

4. THE QUASI-REFLECTIVE LIFE: INADEQUATE ENDS

Inadequate Ends and Moral Error
Disregarding Means: When Ends Eclipse Means
Presumed Ends
Deliberating New Ends
Are Moral Ends Possible?

5. THE FULLY REFLECTIVE LIFE: AUTONOMY FOR AUTOMATONS

Autonomous Modes and Methods of Philosophical Ethics
The Ethical Principles of War
From Heteronomy to Autonomy: Reformulating Moral Intuitions
Moral Autonomy: Creating Better Understanding and Motivation
Is Moral Autonomy Possible?

6. THE FULLY REFLECTIVE LIFE AND MILITARY ETHICS

The Possibility of Moral Progress

Notes
Bibliography
About the Author
Index