Military Ethics: An Introduction with Case Studies provides an accessible introduction to the ethical issues faced by today's junior and mid-ranking military personnel. Offering an exceptionally practical perspective, it includes more than fifty engaging case studies--personal, historical, and fictional accounts--that give students a birds-eye view of various real-world ethical dilemmas. Opening with an introduction to ethics and an overview of ethical theory, the book goes on to discuss ethical problems related to: the use and misuse of power and authority; discrimination and proportionality in traditional conflicts, irregular wars, and humanitarian military interventions; supreme emergency, terrorism, and responses to terrorism; and much more.

Military Ethics is enhanced by suggestions for further reading, an abbreviation key, an extensive bibliography, and an appendix including a list of the international treaties that make up the Law of Armed Conflict. A companion website at www.oup.com/us/coleman features lecture notes, additional case studies, and discussion questions.

Each chapter ends with Notes, Further Reading, and Discussion Questions.
Preface:
List of Abbreviations:
1. INTRODUCTION: WHAT IS ETHICS? WHAT IS AN ETHICAL DECISION?
What Is Ethics and Why Should I Study It?
Law and Ethics
Ethical Dilemmas and Tests of Lntegrity
2. ETHICAL THEORY: AN OVERVIEW
Case Study 2.1: The Runaway Railway Car:
Case Study 2.2: The Spare Parts Surgeon:
Ethical Considerations
Theories of Value and Theories of Ethics
Ethical Theory: Consequences
Case Study 2.3: First Use of the Atomic Bomb:
Criticizing Consequentialism
Ethical Theory: Principles and Duties
Case Study 2.4: Shooting the Downed Pilot:
Criticizing Deontology
Ethical Theory: Character
Case Study 2.5: Marines Don't Do That:
Is Ethics Simply Relative?
Integrating Theories of Ethics
3. PROFESSIONAL ETHICS, DUTIES, AND OBLIGATIONS
Case Study 3.1: The HMAS Westralia Fire
Discussion
The Profession of Arms
Role Morality
Military Values and Military Virtue
Case Study 3.2: Leave No One Behind:
Case Study 3.3: The Training Course:
The Triangular Balance
Case Study 3.4: Military Dispute over Casualties in Afghanistan:
Case Study 3.5: Esequiel Hernandez Shooting:
4. JUST WAR THEORY: TRADITIONAL ISSUES OF JUS AD BELLUM
Case Study 4.1: The 1991 Gulf War:
Case Study 4.2: The 2003 Invasion of Iraq:
Discussion
Alternative Theories on War
Pacifism:
Realism:
A Very Brief History of Just War Theory
Ethics and International Law
Implementing the Principles of Jus Ad Bellum
Case Study 4.3: The Korean War:
Case Study 4.4: The Six Day War:
Case Study 4.5: Israeli Attack on Iraq's Osirak Nuclear Reactor:
Case Study 4.6: The Falklands War:
Assessing the Two Gulf Wars
5. JUST WAR THEORY: MODERN ISSUES OF JUS AD BELLUM: HUMANITARIAN INTERVENTION, INSURGENCY, AND COUNTERINSURGENCY
Case Study 5.1: Operation Cast Lead:
Case Study 5.2: The 1999 NATO Intervention in Support of Kosovo:
Discussion
Of Countries, States, and Nations
The Basics of Jus Ad Bellum and Insurgency
Case Study 5.3: The Fight Against Apartheid:
Jus Ad Bellum and Difficult Insurgency Cases
Jus Ad Bellum and Counterinsurgency
Case Study 5.4: Israel, Uganda, and the Entebbe Incident:
Justification for Humanitarian Intervention
Case Study 5.5: The Rwandan Genocide:
Case Study 5.6: Intervention in East Timor:
Responsibility to Protect
6. POWER AND AUTHORITY: ISSUING AND FOLLOWING ORDERS
Case Study 6.1: Ehren Watada and Iraq:
Case Study 6.2: Marine Advance on Baghdad:
Discussion
Considering Authority
Case Study 6.3: Wearing Body Armor in Afghanistan:
Case Study 6.4: The Logistics Officer's Problem:
The Ethical Problems of Orders
Case Study 6.5: Orders to HMS Alacrity
Case Study 6.6: Placing the Strobe:
Case Study 6.7: Come Right!:
Case Study 6.8: Reinterpreting Orders:
7. DISCRIMINATION AND PROPORTIONALITY I: TRADITIONAL ISSUES OF JUS IN BELLO
Case Study 7.1: Airpower and Marine Assault:
Discussion
Discrimination
The Ethical Permissibility of Targeting Combatants
The Principle of Noncombatant Immunity
Case Study 7.2: The Incident at the Fallujah Mosque:
Proportionality
Case Study 7.3: Sinking of the General Belgrano
Case Study 7.4: The Dam Busters Raid:
Modern Assessment of Collateral Damage
Case Study 7.5: Conviction of Milan Martic?:
Summary
8. DISCRIMINATION AND PROPORTIONALITY II: JUS IN BELLO IN IRREGULAR WARS
Case Study 8.1: Casualties in the 2008-2009 Gaza War:
Discussion
Discrimination in Irregular Wars
Case Study 8.2: Defending the Crashed Helicopter:
Rules of Engagement and Civilian Casualties in Irregular Wars
Case Study 8.3: Assault on a Taliban Compound:
Difficult Cases of Discrimination in Irregular Wars
Case Study 8.4: Israel and Targeted Killing:
Proportionality in Irregular Wars
9. DISCRIMINATION AND PROPORTIONALITY III: JUS IN BELLO IN HUMANITARIAN OPERATIONS
Case Study 9.1: NATO Attacks and Dual-Use Targets:
Discussion
Jus In Bello in Armed Humanitarian Operations
Dual-Use Targets
Peacekeeping or Peacemaking?
Case Study 9.2: Protecting Civilians by Endangering Troops:
Case Study 9.3: The Baby Ram:
Case Study 9.4: The Child Soldier:
Case Study 9.5: Moscow Theatre Siege:
10. ISSUES OF SURRENDER AND DETENTION
Case Study 10.1: Operation Red Wings:
Discussion
Surrender
Case Study 10.2: White Flags in Desert Storm:
Case Study 10.3: After the Battle:
Prisoners of War
Case Study 10.4: The Sniper and the Murderer:
11. SUPREME EMERGENCY, TERRORISM, AND TORTURE
Case Study 11.1: The Petraeus Letter to the Troops:
Discussion
Supreme Emergency
Case Study 11.2: The Decision to Bomb German Cities:
Supreme Emergency and Terrorism in the Modern World
Supreme Emergency and Counterterrorism in the Modern World
Case Study 11.3: The Ticking Bomb in Paris:
Case Study 11.4: The Ticking Bomb in Sri Lanka:
12. CONCLUSION
Competence and the Professional
The Unlimited Liability Contract
Of Warriors and Murderers
Knowing and Doing
Appendix: The Laws of Armed Conflict:
Bibliography:
Index:

Stephen Coleman - Program Director, Military Ethics, at the Australian Centre for the Study of Armed Conflict and Society  andVincent Fairfax Foundation Fellow at The University of New South Wales, Canberra, located at the Australian Defence Force Academy

"I am quite excited about the possibility of using this book in the classroom. The case studies are one of the great glories of the book. They are judiciously chosen and thoughtfully and clearly presented. I would expect them to be extremely helpful in the classroom."--Richard D. Schoonhoven, United States Military Academy, West Point

"Military Ethics addresses a critical need in the pedagogical literature. By far the greatest advance is Coleman's approach to 'problem-based learning.' Each chapter begins with a range of short but engaging case studies that pose dilemmas of unquestionable significance and relevance for a military reader in any cultural setting."--George R. Lucas, Stockdale Center for Ethics and Leadership, U.S. Naval Academy

"The book is extremely thorough and well organized. The case studies are well chosen, illustrative, pertinent, and current."--Eric A. Heinze, University of Oklahoma

"This is a superb book that covers a wide range of issues. Cleverly designed, it will act as a first-class teaching tool that will generate classroom discussion. It should work superbly as a general-purpose text for all of us interested in military ethics."--Cian O'Driscoll, University of Glasgow