Chivalrous Combatants
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Chivalrous Combatants?
The debate on remote-controlled and so-called autonomous military robotics has also led to new inquiries into the ethos of soldiers. Should soldiers take risks which technological means could easily help them to avoid? Will the deployment of drones and autonomous weapons systems lead to the demise of military virtues? How much technological asymmetry is acceptable in a battle? Is there a need for a new ethos of chivalry among soldiers? In selected papers, this book endeavors to trace the traditional fundamental ideas of chivalry and military virtues, such as courage. It also addresses the question of the ethical significance of such soldierly attributes in conflicts today.
Echoes of Chivalry
Chivalry is not dead. Its echoes can be found in military manuals across the globe—from Australia, Chile, Germany, and India to Israel, Japan, South Africa, Ukraine, the United States, and the United Kingdom. But why is this the case? Is training in the Law of Armed Conflict not enough? Beyond baseline legal notions, additional normative standards of an ethical nature are essential to protect both civilians from unjustified harm and combatants themselves from moral injury. These additional standards are embedded in the concepts of military honour and human dignity. Together, they rejuvenate the old code of chivalry in the era of professionalised armed forces. For the first time, this book offers a thorough analysis and synthesis of these concepts.
Essays on Chivalry, Romance, and the Drama
Originally issued as v 6 of Sir Walter Scott's Prose works, Edinburgh, 1834 Includes bibliographical references Essay on chivalry -- Essay on romance -- Essay on the drama.