Chivalrous Combatants?: The Meaning of Military Virtue Past and Present

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

Edition: 1/2019
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
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1. 1. Plato’s Approach No access
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2. 2. Virtues for Peace – Peace for Virtue No access
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3. 3. Polemos and Stasis No access
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4. 4. The Cosmopolitan Challenge No access
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5. 5. Chivalry as an Example and a Cipher No access
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6. 6. The Concrete Challenge of Humanitarian Intervention No access
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7. 7. On the Individual Chapters No access
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Chivalry and the Conduct of Warfare – Illusion and Reality No access Pages 29 - 44
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1. 1. Introduction No access
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  1. 2.1. The Ideals of Chivalry No access
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  2. 2.2. Chivalry and Scholastic Theology No access
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  3. 2.3. The Decline of Chivalry No access
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  4. 2.4. The Transformation of Chivalry No access
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  5. 2.5. Hague Regulations and First World War No access
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  6. 2.6. Civil Wars in Traditional International Law No access
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  7. 2.7. Experiences from World War II No access
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  1. 3.1. 1949 Geneva Conventions No access
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  2. 3.2. 1977 Additional Protocols I and II No access
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  1. 4.1. Traces of Chivalry as Shadows of the Past? No access
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  2. 4.2. What does Chivalry Mean for Current IHL? No access
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5. 5. Challenges ahead – Non-State Actors and ‘Hybrid Wars’ No access
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1. 1. The subject matter: Courage as a particular or as a general virtue? No access
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2. 2. Courage and the emotions: Fear, confidence, anger No access
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3. 3. Courage and reason: Cool-headed practical deliberation No access
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4. 4. What makes courage a moral virtue? Will, goodness and difficulty No access
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5. 5. Summary: A universal notion of courage No access
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Thomas Aquinas on Battlefield Martyrdom No access Pages 95 - 106
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  1. 1.1. Virtue ethics as an (often neglected) part of peace ethics No access
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  2. 1.2. Peaceable virtues in episcopal teaching – ‘Just Peace’ (2000) and ‘The Harvest of Justice is Sown in Peace’ (1993) No access
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  1. 2.1. The German ‘Soldatengesetz’ – (virtuous) duties No access
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  2. 2.2. ‘Innere Führung’ – a basic conception of the German armed forces No access
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  3. 2.3. Statements about virtue ethics in the military itself – Dieter Baumann and Uwe Hartmann No access
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  1. 3.1. Courage – civil courage and the readiness to make sacrifices No access
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  2. 3.2. Authentic obedience – active, critical, limited No access
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  3. 3.3. Comradery as a central aspect of solidarity No access
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  4. 3.4. Chivalry – “the virtue of the powerful towards the vulnerable and weak”(J. Pieper) No access
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4. 4. Conclusion: Virtues – important requirements for peace! No access
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1. 1. The Meaning of Chivalry No access
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2. 2. The Concept of Law-sustaining Force No access
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3. 3. Miles protector. A modern equivalent for the chivalrous knight? No access
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1. 1. A Case: Kunduz No access
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  1. 2.1. Proportionality in ordinary contexts: rewards, punishments, fees No access
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  2. 2.2. Proportionality is not “non-excessiveness” No access
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  3. 2.3. Necessity as a form of proportionality No access
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  4. 2.4. What makes proportionality in war so difficult? No access
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  5. 2.5. Proportionality is not only a matter of collateral damage No access
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  1. 3.1. The concept of “courageous restraint“ No access
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  2. 3.2. The social aspect in proportionality and virtue No access
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  3. 3.3. Doctrine of virtue, not ethics of virtue No access
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1. 1. Introduction No access
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2. 2. What honor is No access
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3. 3. Honor in the military No access
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4. 4. The use of robots and the honorableness of the military profession No access
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5. 5. Conclusion No access
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  1. 2.1. The common understanding of chivalry: the fair fight No access
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  2. 2.2. The tension between a fair and an effective fighter No access
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3. 3. Snipers, Targeted Killings, and the Law No access
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4. 4. The “uneasiness” about Snipers No access
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5. 5. Sniping and Chivalry – Two Interpretations of the “Warrior Ethos” No access
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6. 6. Conclusion: Sniper and Knight – The Same Normative Founding? No access
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1. 1. A linguistic prologue No access
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2. 2. Rodin’s challenge No access
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3. 3. The ‘self-defence’ paradigm No access
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4. 4. Just war as punitive No access
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5. 5. The justification of killing No access
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6. 6. Just war as national defence No access
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7. 7. Just war as law-enforcement No access
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8. 8. Conclusion No access
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List of authors No access Pages 215 - 220