Military ethics
Military ethics is a form of applied ethics that deals with moral issues, including the use of military force, the service of the soldier and the military as an institution.
definition
The term “military ethics” or “military professional ethics” (also “military ethics”) is not understood as “special ethics” for soldiers. In military ethics, only the specifics and concretizations pertaining to the professional group are made of those ethical principles that apply to all people.
See also
- Ethics of peace
- Just war
- Hague Land Warfare Regulations , Geneva Conventions , International Humanitarian Law , London Declaration of the Law of the Sea
literature
- Thomas Bohrmann, Karl-Heinz Lather, Friedrich Lohmann (eds.): Handbook of Military Professional Ethics, Volume 1 Basics, Springer VS, Wiesbaden 2013, Online ISBN 978-3-531-18933-8
- Thomas Bohrmann, Karl-Heinz Lather, Friedrich Lohmann (Eds.): Handbuch Militärische Berufsethik, Volume 2 Areas of Application, Springer VS, Wiesbaden 2014, Online ISBN 978-3-658-06342-9
- Dieter Baumann: Military ethics. Theological, human rights and military science perspectives. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 2007, ISBN 978-3-17-020157-6 . (Theology and Peace. Volume 36)
- Journal of Military Ethics (Routledge)
- E-Journal "Ethics and the Military - Controversies of Military Ethics and Security Culture " ( ISSN 2199-4129 )
- Donald A. Wells (Ed.): An Encyclopedia of War and Ethics. Greenwood Press, Westport et al. a. 1996, ISBN 0-313-29116-0 .
Web links
- International Society for Military Ethics in Europe - EuroISME
- International Society for Military Ethics
- Center for Ethical Education in the Armed Forces, Hamburg
- Ethics and military
Remarks
- ↑ z. B. Dieter Baumann: Military ethics. Theological, human rights and military science perspectives. Stuttgart 2007 (Theology and Peace. Volume 36), pp. 135f.