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The profession of arms in the 21st century is at significant risk of losing its status as a profession due to several salient factors. Because of the rapid development of technology in relation to warfare, for instance, there are growing questions as to how much control human beings will retain of future combat, particularly given the speed of decisionmaking required for victory on the modern battlefield. As well, with the rise of new geopolitical and military coalitions, many are concerned as to how much war will remain an act of and in accordance with the political interests, values, and histories of individual nation-states, especially considering the thornier problem of developing the same for coalitions or allied forces. Furthermore, amid an increase in value-neutral societies (and the concomitant lack of personal moral formation of individual citizens), it may rightly be asked whether values-based institutions such as professional militaries can be adequately shaped to reflect any coherent national ethical consensus.
Publication Date
2019
Publisher
National Defense University Press
City
Washington, DC
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Mallard, Timothy S.; White, Nathan H.; Barnett, Victoria J.; Biggar, Nigel; Coyer, Paul; Fairclough, Graham; Hoffman, Michael H.; Lee, Mark C.; LiVecche, Marc; Mattox, John Mark; McConville, James C.; Naughton, Patrick; Patterson, Eric D.; Pfaff, C. Anthony; Richardson, David; Snape, Michael; and Statler, Thomas J., "A Persistent Fire: The Strategic Ethical Impact of World War I on the Global Profession of Arms" (2019). Books and Book Chapters. 4.
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