Situations and Dispositions: How to Rescue the Military Virtues from Social Psychology

Abstract

If you were born in a country or at a time not only when nobody comes to kill your wife and your children, but also nobody comes to ask you to kill the wives and children of others, then render thanks to God and go in peace. But always keep this thought in mind: you might be luckier than I, but you're not a better person.

A Deep Dig into the Feature of “Situational Selves” of Online Identity: A Review of the Concept/Theory of “Situational Selves”

“…In conclusion, the concept/theory of situational selves is neither a proponent of "situationists" who are "never been seriously put [stable character] to the test' mentioned by Olsthoorn [38], nor agree the statement such as "situational features-not character traits-are the main determinant of human behaviour" [28].…”

“…From the perspective of situational selves, first, people behave based on their consistent, temporal, "stable character traits" [38]. In other words, situations extract characters from a certain person on the basis of a specific person's culture and social background.…”

The ethics of border guarding: a first exploration and a research agenda for the future

“…Doris and Murphy point out that in combat, situational forces are much stronger than those most of us will ever encounter, and they see sleep deprivation, military training and culture, (racial) ideology, and the role of the primary group as chief causes of unethical conduct (2007). Not surprisingly, there is an increasing amount of attention in military ethics education for the way situational factors can further unethical conduct; because most military ethicists see teaching virtues as the best way to underpin military ethics education, they are also keenly aware of its downsides (see for instance Mastroianni, 2011;Olsthoorn, 2017;Robinson, 2009). 10 Although many of the just-mentioned situational factors might affect the functioning of border guards too, the scarce literature on border guarding ethics is largely silent on both virtues and the role of situational factors (see for instance Frontex 2013; Centre for the Study of Global Ethics 2010).…”

Military-Bound and Veteran Student Views on Socially Responsible Engineering

“…Some have ascribed a 'duty of care' to the military and debated the roles of individual versus collective responsibility [19], similar to ideas of microethics versus macroethics in engineering. Military ethics research also asserts that the military is concerned with character development [20,21]. Bertha [22] examined the intersections among military operations, the practice of engineering, and applied/professional ethics, and provides case examples of 'military engineering ethics.…”