A Moral Military: Revised And Expanded Edition With A New Chapter On Torture

In this new edition of the classic book on the moral conduct of war, Sidney Axinn provides a full-length treatment of the military convention from a philosophical point of view. Axinn considers these basic ethical questions within the contest of the laws of warfare. Should a good soldier ever disobey a direct military order? Are there restriction on how we fight a war? What is meant by" military honor," and does it really affect the contemporary soldier? Is human dignity possible under battlefield conditions? Axinn answers, "yes" to these questions. His objective in Moral military action and to assist in analyzing military professional ethics. He argues for the seriousness of the concept of military honor but limits honorable military activity by a strict interpretation of the notion of war crime. ISBN:9788187966876 256 Yr. of Pub.2009 Paper Back