Ethics, Security, and the War Machine

This book addresses the question of when (if ever) and why (if at all) it is justifiable for a polity to prepare for war by militarizing. In doing so it highlights the ways in which a civilian population compromises its own security in maintaining a permanent military establishment, and explores the moral and social costs of militarization.

List of contents

• 1: Introduction


• 2: Military Conditioning and Moral Damage


• 3: The Coup Risk


• 4: The Danger of Fear-Induced Aggression


• 5: Cognitive Bias and the Misuse of Military Power


• 6: Martial Values in Civilian Life


• Concluding Remarks


• Epilogue: Towards "Post-Military Defence"?

About the author

Ned Dobos is Senior Lecturer in International and Political Studies at The University of New South Wales at the Australian Defence Force Academy. He is the author of Insurrection and Intervention: The Two Faces of Sovereignty (Cambridge 2012) and co-editor of Challenges for Humanitarian Intervention: Ethical Demand and Political Reality (Oxford 2018).

Summary

This book addresses the question of when (if ever) and why (if at all) it is justifiable for a polity to prepare for war by militarizing. In doing so it highlights the ways in which a civilian population compromises its own security in maintaining a permanent military establishment, and explores the moral and social costs of militarization.

Additional text

Ned Dobos' Ethics, Security, and the War-Machine provides a powerful and compelling account of the dangers of a standing army...excellent book and a major contribution to the literatureon pacifism, militarism, and the ethics of war.

Product details

• Authors: Ned Dobos, Ned (University of New South Wales At the A Dobos, Dobos Ned
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.11.2022
• EAN: 9780192887849
• ISBN: 978-0-19-288784-9
• No. of pages: 192
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous; PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Military Science, HISTORY / Military / Strategy, Social & political philosophy, Ethics & moral philosophy, social and political philosophy, Ethics and moral philosophy, Theory of warfare and military science, Theory of warfare & military science