Right conduct and its opposite is a twin-peaked concept universal among humans. This concept is key to the political utility of military force because it helps police the potential chaos and anarchy that lurk as a possibility in the very nature of war. But, standards of right conduct in practice are not rigid. Ethics are apt to be situational and consequentialist rather than absolute. Some strategic disadvantage tends to flow from moral disadvantage, but a moral deficit alone is rarely, if ever, strategically fatal.View full textDownload full textRelated var addthis_config = { ui_cobrand: "Taylor & Francis Online", services_compact: "citeulike,netvibes,twitter,technorati,delicious,linkedin,facebook,stumbleupon,digg,google,more", pubid: "ra-4dff56cd6bb1830b" }; Add to shortlist Link Permalink http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01495933.2011.545690
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