A JOINT SERVICES CONFERENCE ON PROFESSIONAL ETHICS
General Information on the January Conference
Keynote Address
LTG John P. Abizaid, Director, Strategic Plans and Policies, JCS
Using Military Force at Home
"Against All Enemies, Foreign and Domestic"
Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Rauch, USMA
"The Domestic Role of the National Guard and Reserves"
Brigadier General Harold Nevin, Wisconsin Army National Guard and Dr. Carlos Bertha, USAFA
"The Ethical Challenges Resulting from the Domestic Roles of the Dutch Armed Forces"
Lieutenant Colonel (Dr.) Erhan Tanercan, Prof. Dr. A.H.M. (Fred) van Iersel, and Dr. Desiree Verweij, Tilburg University and Netherlands College
Evolving Challenges for the Just War Tradition
“A Platonic Justification of International Humanitarian Intervention”
Captain Mike Purcell, USMC
“Centers of Gravity: A New Ethical Decision Point for Just War Theory”
Captain Maxwell Thibodeaux, USMA
Panel on "Iraq Water Treatment Vulnerabilities"
Dr. Joy Gordon, Fairfield University
The Ethics of the Document & Responsibility
Dr. Thomas J. Nagy, George Washington University
A Civil-Military Gap?
“The Siege: Facing the Military-Civilian Culture Chasm”
Dr. Pauline Kaurin, Pacific Lutheran University
“News From the Front: The Soldier as Cultural Icon”
Lieutenant Colonel Reed Bonadonna, USMCR
“The Purported Civil-Military Values Gap: Norms Vs. Ideals”
Captain Peter G. Kilner, USMA
More on the Evolving Just War Tradition
“Reconciling Civilian and Military Views on the Ethics of Nuclear Deterrence”
Cadet First Class Kima Megorden, USAFA
“Human Rights, New Technology and the Just War Tradition”
Captain Daniel Wetmore, USAFA
Dr. Robert Hickson
More on the Widening Gap: Some Philosophical Exploration
“Citizenship: A Lockean Solution to the Civilian/Military Values Gap”
Dr. Jeffrey R. Tiel, Ashland University
“Does the Military Still Fit in Contemporary Culture? Some Classic Insights on a Modern Problem”
Dr. Robert Kennedy, University of St. Thomas
“Soldier and Society: On the Domestic Importance of Being Valiant”
Dr. Christian Stadler, University of Vienna
Banquet Address
Dr. Albert C. Pierce, Chair, Center for the Study of Professional Military Ethics, USNA
The Military Tackles a Domestic Issue
“The Military as a Role Model for Religious Pluralism and First Amendment Practice”
Chaplain (Lieutenant Colonel) Herbert B. Strange, US Army Logistics Management College
Insiders and Outsiders
“A Pilot Workshop on the Ethics of Political and Military Intelligence for Insiders and Outsiders”
Dr. Jean Maria Arrigo, University of Virginia
“The Role of the Press in Exacerbating Military-Civilian Mutual Understanding”
Dr. Davida Kellogg, University of Maine
Developing Moral Awareness at Two Military Academies
“Developing Awareness of Professional Military Ethics at the Chinese Naval Academy in Taiwan”
Wei-Lee Lu, Fon-Yean Chang1, Sheng-Te Chang, Tien-Hsing Yang, Chin-Ping Wang, Jong-Yun Hao, Chih-Hung Li and Tung-po Chen, Chinese Naval Academy-Taiwan
“Moral Awareness”
Lieutenant Colonel Tim Challans and Major Dave Hater, USMA
Critical Reflections on Military Character
“Professional or Bureaucrat: A Meditation on the Military at the Turn of the Millennium”
Major (ret) The Rev. Arthur E. Gans, CD, MTh
“The Virtue of Obedience: Military Training and Autonomy”
Captain Christopher Yalanis, USAFA
“Military Minds: An Ethical Critique of Huntington’s Model of Military Professionalism”
Amelia Simpson and
Lawrence Rockwood, co-authors, Lawrence Rockwood, presenter