Below are documents relevant to the Ethics Symposium. If you feel a resource should be added to this collection, please contact us. The Tactical, Operational and Strategic papers will be presented during the symposium. The "other papers" are offered here only for more information.
Tactical-level Papers
Competency vs. character? – It must be both!!Lt. Col. Joe Doty, PhD and Maj. Walt Sowden
Death on the Mountainside: An Examination of the Use of Self-Defense Against Unarmed Non-Combatants During Operation RedwingLt. Cmdr. Thomas K. Leak
The Ethics of DisobedienceMaj. Leung Shing Tai
Operational-level PapersAt what cost, intelligence?
A Case Study of the Consequences of Ethical (and Unethical) LeadershipBy Maj. Douglas A. Pryer
The Moral Implications of For-Profit Security OrganizationsCmdr. Joseph J. McInerney
Human Dignity and the Soldier in FM 3-24: CounterinsurgencyLt. Col. Celestino Perez, Jr., Ph.D.
Strategic-level PapersEthical Issues in Counterterrorism "War”Dr. Martin L. Cook
Building Moral Resources in Leaders for an Era of Persistent Conflict and BeyondCol. Sean T. Hannah, PhD and Lt. Col. Joseph Doty, PhD
How do we Distinguish Rules for War Fighting from Rules for Law Enforcement? :
Why Demilitarizing the Law of War threatens National Security and Constitutional Rights Michael H. Hoffman
Other PapersCharacter-Based Leadership in Dualist, Extreme Situations: Where the Twain Shall Meet Thomas A. Wright and James Campbell Quick
Developing Ethical Reasoning in Army’s Tactical Leaders: A Virtual Learning InitiativeKevin M. Bond, Ph.D., John Williamson, and Maj. Walter J. Sowden
Ethics and the Human Terrain: The Ethics of Military AnthropologyGeorge R. Lucas, Jr.
Integrity and the Inconsistent Strategy--Responding to al-Qaeda Peter D. Menk
Military Professional Ethics: The Bad NewsThomas B. Grassey
Psychology and Ethical Conduct: A Primer for Military LeadersGeorge R. Mastroianni
Religion as a Weapon of War: Understanding Individual and Collective Aspects of Religion and their Implications for the Concept and Practice of DesignLt. Col. Prisco Hernandez
Strengthening the Warrior Spirit: Linking the Development of the Warrior Spirit to Soldier ResilienceMichael E. Haith
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