Chivalrous Combatants?

Dr. Bernhard Koch

doi:10.5771/9783845276595

Summary

The debate on remote-controlled and so-called autonomous military robotics has also led to new inquiries into the ethos of soldiers. Should soldiers take risks which technological means could easily help them to avoid? Will the deployment of drones and autonomous weapons systems lead to the demise of military virtues? How much technological asymmetry is acceptable in a battle? Is there a need for a new ethos of chivalry among soldiers? In selected papers, this book endeavors to trace the traditional fundamental ideas of chivalry and military virtues, such as courage. It also addresses the question of the ethical significance of such soldierly attributes in conflicts today. With contributions byNigel Biggar, Torsten Meireis, Alexander Merkl, Jörn Müller, Peter Olsthoorn, Gregory M. Reichberg, Niklas Schörnig und Malcolm Vale.

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Bibliographic data

Copyright year: 2019
ISBN-Print: 978-3-8487-3318-7
ISBN-Online: 978-3-8452-7659-5
Publisher: Nomos, Baden-Baden
Series: Studien zur Friedensethik
Volume: 65
Language: English
Pages: 220
Product type: Edited Book

Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis No access Pages 1 - 6
Bernhard Koch
1. 1. Plato’s Approach No access Bernhard Koch
2. 2. Virtues for Peace – Peace for Virtue No access Bernhard Koch
3. 3. Polemos and Stasis No access Bernhard Koch
4. 4. The Cosmopolitan Challenge No access Bernhard Koch
5. 5. Chivalry as an Example and a Cipher No access Bernhard Koch
6. 6. The Concrete Challenge of Humanitarian Intervention No access Bernhard Koch
7. 7. On the Individual Chapters No access Bernhard Koch
Chivalry and the Conduct of Warfare – Illusion and Reality No access Pages 29 - 44 Malcolm Vale
Stefan Oeter
1. 1. Introduction No access Stefan Oeter
2. Stefan Oeter
  1. 2.1. The Ideals of Chivalry No access Stefan Oeter
  2. 2.2. Chivalry and Scholastic Theology No access Stefan Oeter
  3. 2.3. The Decline of Chivalry No access Stefan Oeter
  4. 2.4. The Transformation of Chivalry No access Stefan Oeter
  5. 2.5. Hague Regulations and First World War No access Stefan Oeter
  6. 2.6. Civil Wars in Traditional International Law No access Stefan Oeter
  7. 2.7. Experiences from World War II No access Stefan Oeter
3. Stefan Oeter
  1. 3.1. 1949 Geneva Conventions No access Stefan Oeter
  2. 3.2. 1977 Additional Protocols I and II No access Stefan Oeter
4. Stefan Oeter
  1. 4.1. Traces of Chivalry as Shadows of the Past? No access Stefan Oeter
  2. 4.2. What does Chivalry Mean for Current IHL? No access Stefan Oeter
5. 5. Challenges ahead – Non-State Actors and ‘Hybrid Wars’ No access Stefan Oeter
Jörn Müller
1. 1. The subject matter: Courage as a particular or as a general virtue? No access Jörn Müller
2. 2. Courage and the emotions: Fear, confidence, anger No access Jörn Müller
3. 3. Courage and reason: Cool-headed practical deliberation No access Jörn Müller
4. 4. What makes courage a moral virtue? Will, goodness and difficulty No access Jörn Müller
5. 5. Summary: A universal notion of courage No access Jörn Müller
Thomas Aquinas on Battlefield Martyrdom No access Pages 95 - 106 Gregory M. Reichberg
Alexander Merkl
1. Alexander Merkl
  1. 1.1. Virtue ethics as an (often neglected) part of peace ethics No access Alexander Merkl
  2. 1.2. Peaceable virtues in episcopal teaching – ‘Just Peace’ (2000) and ‘The Harvest of Justice is Sown in Peace’ (1993) No access Alexander Merkl
2. Alexander Merkl
  1. 2.1. The German ‘Soldatengesetz’ – (virtuous) duties No access Alexander Merkl
  2. 2.2. ‘Innere Führung’ – a basic conception of the German armed forces No access Alexander Merkl
  3. 2.3. Statements about virtue ethics in the military itself – Dieter Baumann and Uwe Hartmann No access Alexander Merkl
3. Alexander Merkl
  1. 3.1. Courage – civil courage and the readiness to make sacrifices No access Alexander Merkl
  2. 3.2. Authentic obedience – active, critical, limited No access Alexander Merkl
  3. 3.3. Comradery as a central aspect of solidarity No access Alexander Merkl
  4. 3.4. Chivalry – “the virtue of the powerful towards the vulnerable and weak”(J. Pieper) No access Alexander Merkl
4. 4. Conclusion: Virtues – important requirements for peace! No access Alexander Merkl
Torsten Meireis
1. 1. The Meaning of Chivalry No access Torsten Meireis
2. 2. The Concept of Law-sustaining Force No access Torsten Meireis
3. 3. Miles protector. A modern equivalent for the chivalrous knight? No access Torsten Meireis
Bernhard Koch
1. 1. A Case: Kunduz No access Bernhard Koch
2. Bernhard Koch
  1. 2.1. Proportionality in ordinary contexts: rewards, punishments, fees No access Bernhard Koch
  2. 2.2. Proportionality is not “non-excessiveness” No access Bernhard Koch
  3. 2.3. Necessity as a form of proportionality No access Bernhard Koch
  4. 2.4. What makes proportionality in war so difficult? No access Bernhard Koch
  5. 2.5. Proportionality is not only a matter of collateral damage No access Bernhard Koch
3. Bernhard Koch
  1. 3.1. The concept of “courageous restraint“ No access Bernhard Koch
  2. 3.2. The social aspect in proportionality and virtue No access Bernhard Koch
  3. 3.3. Doctrine of virtue, not ethics of virtue No access Bernhard Koch
Peter Olsthoorn
1. 1. Introduction No access Peter Olsthoorn
2. 2. What honor is No access Peter Olsthoorn
3. 3. Honor in the military No access Peter Olsthoorn
4. 4. The use of robots and the honorableness of the military profession No access Peter Olsthoorn
5. 5. Conclusion No access Peter Olsthoorn
Niklas Schörnig
1. 1. Introduction No access Niklas Schörnig
2. Niklas Schörnig
  1. 2.1. The common understanding of chivalry: the fair fight No access Niklas Schörnig
  2. 2.2. The tension between a fair and an effective fighter No access Niklas Schörnig
3. 3. Snipers, Targeted Killings, and the Law No access Niklas Schörnig
4. 4. The “uneasiness” about Snipers No access Niklas Schörnig
5. 5. Sniping and Chivalry – Two Interpretations of the “Warrior Ethos” No access Niklas Schörnig
6. 6. Conclusion: Sniper and Knight – The Same Normative Founding? No access Niklas Schörnig
Nigel Biggar
1. 1. A linguistic prologue No access Nigel Biggar
2. 2. Rodin’s challenge No access Nigel Biggar
3. 3. The ‘self-defence’ paradigm No access Nigel Biggar
4. 4. Just war as punitive No access Nigel Biggar
5. 5. The justification of killing No access Nigel Biggar
6. 6. Just war as national defence No access Nigel Biggar
7. 7. Just war as law-enforcement No access Nigel Biggar
8. 8. Conclusion No access Nigel Biggar
List of authors No access Pages 215 - 220