Drawing on philosophy, history, moral psychology, and ethics, this revised and expanded edition of French's The Code of the Warrior examines historical and contemporary warrior cultures and their values, arguing that today's warriors need a code, as their ancestors did, to pre...
Drawing on philosophy, history, moral psychology, and ethics, this revised and expanded edition of French's The Code of the Warrior examines historical and contemporary warrior cultures and their values, arguing that today's warriors need a code, as their ancestors did, to pre...
Shannon E. French is the Inamori Professor in Ethics, director of the Inamori International Center for Ethics and Excellence, and a professor in philosophy and law at Case Western Reserve University, USA. Prior to CWRU, she taught for eleven years at the United States Naval Academy. She founded the first MA program in Military Ethics at CWRU, works globally with the US and allied military, service academies, and chaplain corps, and held the General Hugh Shelton Distinguished Visiting Chair in Ethics for seven years. Her core fields are military ethics and ethical issues in emerging technology.
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Foreword Acknowledgments 1 Why Warriors Need a Code 2 The Homeric Hero: A Hector Who Wins? 3 The Two Faces of Rome 4 Vikings: Vengeance, Valkyries, and Valhalla 5 "Never to do outrageousity nor Murder.": The Code of the Warrior in the World of Mallory's Morte d'Arthur 6 Indigenous Americans: Warriors of the Sacred Plains 7 Chinese Warrior Monks: The Martial Artists of Shaolin 8 The Soul of the Samurai: Duty, Devotion, and Death 9 Revelation and the Rules of Engagement: Sultan Saladin and the Warriors of Islam 10 The Warrior's Code Today: Do We Need New Ethics of War? Index About the Author
Foreword Acknowledgments 1 Why Warriors Need a Code 2 The Homeric Hero: A Hector Who Wins? 3 The Two Faces of Rome 4 Vikings: Vengeance, Valkyries, and Valhalla 5 "Never to do outrageousity nor Murder.": The Code of the Warrior in the World of Mallory's Morte d'Arthur 6 Indigenous Americans: Warriors of the Sacred Plains 7 Chinese Warrior Monks: The Martial Artists of Shaolin 8 The Soul of the Samurai: Duty, Devotion, and Death 9 Revelation and the Rules of Engagement: Sultan Saladin and the Warriors of Islam 10 The Warrior's Code Today: Do We Need New Ethics of War? Index About the Author
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