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About this course guide

This guide was written for Lonnie Appleget's spring 2022 course NASC 4186, Leadership and Core-Value-Based Decision-Making.

The resources linked below come from the curriculum and bibliography from the US Naval Academy.

Block 1

Living Narratives (chapter 4)
Smith, C. (2003). Moral, Believing Animals: Human Personhood and Culture. Oxford University Press.
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The Inner Ring (Memorial Lecture at King’s College, University of London)
Lewis, C.S. (1944).
Integrity: its Causes and Cures, by David Luban
Luban, D. (2003). Fordham Law Review, 72, 279-310.
Business as Usual: The acceptance and perpetuation of corruption in organizations.
Anand, V., Ashforth, B. E., & Joshi, M. (2004). Business as usual: The acceptance and perpetuation of corruption in organizations. Academy of Management Executive, 18(2), 39–53.

Block 2

Moral Deliberation

"Abolition of Torture", by Andrew Sullivan
Sullivan, A. (2005). The Abolition of Torture. New Republic, 233(25), 19–23.

Justice: what's the right thing to do? by Michael J. Sandel
Call Number: JC 578 .S25 2009
Location: Memorial Lvl 4 upper
Publication Date: 2009
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Read pages 223-228 and 234-240.
Morality and Moral Controversies by John Arthur (ed.)
Call Number: BJ 1025 .M67 1999
Location: Memorial Level 1
Publication Date: 1999
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Read pages 47 - 51, "Kant and Utilitarianism Contrasted" by Onora O'Neill.

Love and Faith at War: Reflections on a Platoon Commander in Fallujah
Christopher J. Eberle with Tom Robertson and Tim Strabbing
CBS: Bombing Afghanistan
August 31, 2008, 60 Minutes, Interview by Scott Pelley.

War and Self-Defense by David Rodin
Publication Date: 2003
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Achilles in Vietnam: Combat Trauma and the Undoing of Character
Shay, J. (1994). Achilles in Vietnam: Combat trauma and the undoing of character. New York: Scribner.
3 simultaneous user licenses. Works best with Microsoft Edge browser.
With this EPUB type of ebook, it's not possible to create a direct link to a specific section. Page forward several times to find the assigned section.
In Chapter One (Betrayal of "What's Right"), read the section "Fairness Assumption".
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Block 3

Moral excellence

Weakness of Will (actual title: Continence and Incontinence), by Aristotle
Pages 118-135 in this edition; Book VII of the Nicomachean Ethics, chapters 1 - 10.
Source: Aristotle, & Lesley Brown. (2009). The Nicomachean Ethics. OUP Oxford.
"Weakness of the Will" (a 2-page encyclopedia article) has helpful definitions of terms. By Majid Amini, in J. K. Roth (Ed.), Ethics, Rev. ed. (Vol. 3, pp. 1578-1579). Salem Press.
Prostitutes, vacations and cash: The Navy officials ‘Fat Leonard’ took down
Craig Whitlock and Kevin Uhrmacher. Washington Post Online. Updated Sept. 20, 2018

Black Hearts: one platoon's descent into madness in Iraq's triangle of death by Jim Frederick
Call Number: DS 79.766.M34 F74 2010
Publication Date: 2010
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Pages 24-38, 82-84.

"Obedience" by Jessica Wolfendale
Wolfendale, J. 2019. "Obedience". In Skerker, M., Whetham, D and Carrick, D (eds.), Military Virtues, pages 62-69. Howgate Publishing Limited. Unlimited simultaneous user license.
Why the Military Needs Confucian Virtues
Hedahl, Marcus. (n.d.). Why the Military Needs Confucian Virtues.
Navy Leader Development Framework (Version 3.0)
May 2019
On the Shortness of Life = De Brevitate Vitae
By Seneca the Younger, in the Loeb Classical Library database.
"I Used to Be a Human Being", by Andrew Sullivan
September 19, 2016, issue of New York Magazine.
"Drones and the Martial Virtue Courage" by Jesse Kirkpatrick.
Kirkpatrick, J. (2015). Drones and the Martial Virtue Courage. Journal of Military Ethics, 14(3/4), 202–219.

What It Is Like to Go to War by Karl Marlantes
Call Number: DS 559.5 .M358 2011
Publication Date: 2011
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Chapter 8: Heroism. Pp. 102-110

Courage, by P.S. Kaurin
Kaurin, P.S. (2019) Courage. In Skerker, M., Whetham, D. & Carrick, D. (Eds). Military Virtues (Issues in Military Ethics). (pp. 102-110). Howgate Publishing Limited.
Interview – Larry Colburn: Why My Lai, Hugh Thompson Matter
Historynet. (n.d.) Interview – Larry Colburn: Why My Lai, Hugh Thompson Matter.
Pace Details Lessons He Learned From Young Marines, by Jim Garamone
9/19/2007
"The code of the warrior: ideals of warrior cultures throughout history", by Shannon E. French
French, S.E. (2017). The code of the warrior: ideals of warrior cultures throughout history. The Journal of Character & Leadership Integration, Winter 2017.
Moral Injury and Atonement
Luban, D. (2019). Moral Injury and Atonement. (Presented at the 2019 McCain Conference)
"They're my baby birds", chapter 3
Sherman, N. (2015). Afterwar: Healing the Moral Wounds of Our Soldiers. Oxford University Press.

Block 4

Leadership, Discipline, and Punishment

Manual of the Judge Advocate General
JAGINST 5800.7F change 3.
Manual for Courts-Martial, United States, 2019 edition
Joint Service Committee on Military Justice.

Speeches, talks, papers

Remarks at the Annual Convention of the National Religious Broadcasters, January 28, 1991
George H. W. Bush, 41st President of the United States, 1989 ‐ 1993. The American Presidency Project.
Address to the Nation on Iraq From Cincinnati, Ohio, October 07, 2002
George W. Bush, 43rd President of the United States, 2001 ‐ 2009. The American Presidency Project.

Military Resources

Department of the Navy Core Values Charter
U.S. Navy Regulations
USMC User’s Guide to Counseling (NAVMAC 2795)
Headquarters United States Marine Corps. (1986, July 21). USMC User’s Guide to Counseling (NAVMAC 2795).

Books and chapters

The Abolition of Man, or, Reflections on education with special reference to the teaching of English in the upper forms of schools by C. S. Lewis
Call Number: LB 41 .L665 1996
Publication Date: 1978
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Optional items

What If There Is No Ethical Way to Act in Syria Now?
Samuel, S. (2018, April 13). What If There Is No Ethical Way to Act in Syria Now?. Atlantic: Web Edition Articles (USA). Available from NewsBank: Access World News
The Army's New Sexual Harassment Training Truly Looks Promising - Even if it's not being billed as "sexual harassment training."
Schulte, B. (2018, December 10). The Army's New Sexual Harassment Training Truly Looks Promising - Even if it's not being billed as "sexual harassment training." Slate (USA). Available from NewsBank: Access World News
Robots at War: The new battlefield.
Singer, P. W. (2009, Winter). Robots at War: The new battlefield. The Wilson Quarterly, 33, 30-48.
Open access version.
Military robots and the future of war (TED Talk by P.W. Singer)
Feb 19, 2018; 18:45 minutes.
Lying to Ourselves: Dishonesty in the Army Profession
Wong, L., & Gerras, S. (2015). (Rep.). Strategic Studies Institute, US Army War College.
An open access report.
What ISIS Really Wants
Wood, G. (2015, 03). What ISIS Really Wants. The Atlantic Monthly, 315, 78-90,92,94.

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