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The Chronicle: 3/21/2003: When Teaching the Ethics of War Is Not Academic: Nov 21, 2005 7:47pm 42 reviews ethics
http://chronicle.com/free/v49/i28/28b00701.htm; Regardless of whether you're for or against any current conflicts - this is a critical piece to understand. America's military is rapidly gaining a reputation for being mindless order following drones or "baby killers." There are a few who are outside the norm and sully and embarass the volunteers who have signed up to defend the US, and to uphold the edicts of the Commander in Chief, but the vast majority do have a sincere and strong code of ethics and honor. How can you follow a career which can be a very, very ugly thing without having strict moral guidelines? How can you say the military is no place for philosophers? How can you deny the absolute need for certain types of morals and ethics in these servicemembers? How can servicemen and women define and truly understand their own ethics without discussing it? How can you be in a career which revolves around weaponry, tactics, and death without discussing the your ethical code and the differences between murdering civilians and killing murders? It's essential that military members understand their jobs - what terms like "honor" or "courage" or "commitment" truly mean, and what these things feel like. Without looking into both sides of the story, without at least trying to understand the forces that they're struggling to repel, then they really are nothing other than mindless drones just doing what they're told. Personally, I take great pride in America's military members - the majority are strong, intelligent, and understanding people who have willingly given up so much of their lives to serve deserve more than a scoff or a flick of the wrist because they wear a uniform and understand their jobs in exacting detail.