The Ethical Challenges of the Soldier: The French Experience - Couverture souple

General Benoit Royal

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 2717864563 ISBN 13 : 9782717864564

Editeur : Economica, Editions, 2012

Synopsis

When a soldier engages in warfare, he enters a world that borders on absolute evil and has nothing to do with everyday life. He is confronted by real issues of conscience, the solutions to which are not to be found in military regulations. How does he find answers to such questions without departing from his mission? How to react without losing his soul or suffering irreparable psychological damage? How to fight while respecting the people s dignity? Drawing on more than a hundred specific real-life cases and situations, both recent and from the past, General Royal provides clear foundation stones and reference points to help commanders in the field find solutions to these dilemmas. In conflict situations that are humanly unacceptable and often close to unbearable, only sound ethical principles, imprinted in the mind very early in training, will enable military leaders to give meaning to their actions and remain at peace with their conscience.

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À propos de l'auteur

Currently commanding the recruitment division of the French army, Saint-Cyr trained Brigadier General Benoit Royal accumulated extensive experience in the French Marine Troops. He is an associate researcher in the professional ethics division of the Saint-Cyr Coetquidan Research Centre and his book on ethics in combat has on two occasions won awards in France.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Economica, Editions
• Date d'édition: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 2717864563
• ISBN 13: 9782717864564
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 208
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible