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Military Ethics

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Much of bioethics is founded on the principles of autonomy, beneficence, non-maleficence, and justice. But when bioethics and military ethics combine, many of these principles seem to be compromised. In large part, this is due to the military setting, with its unique requirements, in particular the obligation to obey all legal orders.

Keywords

  • Military ethics
  • Just war theory
  • Jus ad bellum
  • Jus in bello
  • Discrimination
  • Proportionality
  • Legal orders
  • Medical experimentation
  • Feres doctrine
  • Soldier
  • Triage
  • Confidentiality
  • Animals

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  1. School of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of New South Wales, Canberra, Australia

    Stephen Coleman & Nikki Coleman

  2. Program Director; Military Ethics at the Australian Centre for the Study of Armed Conflict and Society, University of New South Wales, Canberra, Australia

    Stephen Coleman

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  1. Duquesne University Center for Healthcare Ethics, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

    Henk ten Have

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Coleman, S., Coleman, N. (2015). Military Ethics. In: ten Have, H. (eds) Encyclopedia of Global Bioethics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-05544-2_294-1

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