On Obedience (eBook)

Contrasting Philosophies for the Military, Citizenry, and Community

Pauline Shanks Kaurin (Autor)

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2020
288 Seiten
Naval Institute Press (Verlag)
978-1-68247-492-1 (ISBN)

Infos

This volume is designed to be an in-depth and nuanced philosophical treatment of the virtue of obedience in the context of the professional military and the broader civilian political community, including the general citizenry. The nature and components of obedience are critical factors leading to further discussions of the moral obligations related to obedience, as well as the related practical issues and implications. Pauline Shanks Kaurin seeks to address the following questions: What is obedience? Is it a virtue, and if it is, why? What are the moral grounds of obedience? Why ought military members and citizens be obedient? Are there times that one ought not be obedient? Why? How should we think about obedience in contemporary political communities? In answering these questions, the book draws on arguments and materials from a variety of disciplines including classical studies, philosophy, history, international relations, literature and military studies, with a particular focus on cases and examples to illustrate the conceptual points. While a major focus of the book is the question of obedience in the contemporary military context, many similar (although not exactly the same) issues and considerations apply to other political communities and in, particular, citizens in a nation-state.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.3.2020
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Ethik
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• Schlagworte: civilian-military relations • civilian obedience political philosophy • ethics • ethics of obedience and disobedience • military obedience and ethics book • Morality • moral obligations of obedience • obedience and authority philosophy • obedience in contemporary political communities • Pauline Shanks Kaurin obedience book • Philosophy • philosophy of obedience military • Social Science • societal norms • virtue of obedience in military ethics • when to disobey orders military
• ISBN-10: 1-68247-492-5 / 1682474925
• ISBN-13: 978-1-68247-492-1 / 9781682474921