| ID | 103924 |
| Title Proper | Some thoughts on moral choice and war |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Gray, Colin S |
| Publication | 2011. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | 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. |
| `In' analytical Note | Comparative Strategy Vol. 30, No. 1; Jan-Mar 2011: p. 94 - 97 |
| Journal Source | Comparative Strategy Vol. 30, No. 1; Jan-Mar 2011: p. 94 - 97 |
| Key Words | Military Force ; Political Utility ; Ethics ; War |