Torture and the Military Profession

, by Wolfendale, Jessica

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ISBN: 9780230001824 | 0230001823
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 11/15/2007

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This book argues that the prevalence of military torture is linked to military training methods that cultivate the psychological dispositions connected to crimes of obedience.

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Preface	p. vii
Acknowledgements	p. viii
Introduction	p. 1
Professions and Professional Ethics	p. 7
What is a profession?	p. 7
The moral importance of professional status	p. 10
Professional roles and professional morality	p. 11
Grounding moral permissions	p. 17
Professional morality as part of broad-based morality	p. 23
Conclusion	p. 26
Virtue Ethics and Professional Roles	p. 28
Virtue ethics and dispositional rule-consequentialism	p. 29
Aristotelian virtue ethics	p. 31
The regulative ideal of professional roles	p. 36
Professional virtues	p. 38
Professional integrity and conscientious objection	p. 43
Conclusion	p. 46
Professional Ethics and the Military	p. 47
Is the military a profession?	p. 48
The criteria of a profession	p. 49
The military as agent of the civilian authority	p. 55
Virtue ethics and the military profession	p. 59
Professional integrity in the military	p. 71
Conclusion	p. 76
Obedience in the Military	p. 77
Crimes of obedience	p. 77
The virtue of obedience	p. 78
Obedience as a religious virtue	p. 86
Obedience in the nursing profession	p. 87
The limits of military obedience	p. 90
Conclusion	p. 96
Military Torture	p. 98
Psychological and physical torture	p. 100
Arguments for and against the use of torture	p. 103
The problem: real fighters versus ideal fighters	p. 116
Obedience versus integrity: Captain Rockwood in Haiti	p. 120
Conclusion	p. 126
Military Training and Moral Agency	p. 127
Military training and moral agency	p. 128
Creating obedient killers	p. 134
Rhetoric vs reality	p. 140
Human nature and military training	p. 142
Military training and the dispositions of destructive obedience	p. 155
Ordinary military personnel and torturers	p. 159
Conclusion	p. 160
The Moral Psychology of Torture	p. 161
The torturer	p. 161
Dehumanization	p. 170
The profession of torture	p. 172
Moral responsiblity and the professionalization of torture	p. 177
Conclusion	p. 182
Conclusion	p. 184
Notes	p. 193
Selected Bibliography	p. 228
Index	p. 237
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Torture and the Military Profession

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