Ethics at War : How Should Military Personnel Make Ethical Decisions?

Taylor & Francis Ltd

Ethics at WarHow Should Military Personnel Make Ethical Decisions?\nAuthor(s): Deane-Peter Baker, Rufus Black, Roger Herbert, Iain King\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781032321202, 978-1032321202\nSynopsis\nThis book debates competing approaches to ethical decision-making for members of the armed forces of liberal democratic states.\n\nIn this volume, four prominent thinkers propose and debate competing approaches to ethical decision-making for military personnel. Deane-Peter Baker presents and expounds the Ethical Triangulation model, an ethical decision-making method he has employed through much of his career as an applied military ethicist. Rufus Black advocates for a natural law-based approach, one which has heavily influenced the framework formally adopted by the Australian Defence Force. Roger Herbert outlines the Moral Deliberation Roadmap, the moral reasoning framework recently adopted by the US Naval Aca.