The Strategic Significance of Ethical Imperatives: The Case of the German Armed Forces
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Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11230%2F15%3A10272355" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11230/15:10272355 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="http://afs.sagepub.com/content/41/4/639" target="_blank" >http://afs.sagepub.com/content/41/4/639</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0095327X14547806" target="_blank" >10.1177/0095327X14547806</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
The Strategic Significance of Ethical Imperatives: The Case of the German Armed Forces
Original language description
The theoretical discourse in civil-military relations tends to perpetuate the notion that efficiency of military organizations is often negatively affected by the influence of domestic ideological factors. Societal norms are frequently portrayed as antithetical to the functional imperatives of the military. This article questions this notion and argues that an effective form of military organization can be produced by incorporating ethical norms of domestic society into its defense organization. To understand the role of societal ethical imperatives in defense policy, the Kantian model of societal-military relations is introduced here. This model emphasizes the normative character of military missions and suggests that its effective fulfillment requires an institutional culture consistent with such a mission. This is demonstrated in the case studies of West German rearmament and the post-Cold War transformation of the Bundeswehr. These empirical cases demonstrate that the societal ethi
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>x</sub> - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)
CEP classification
AD - Political sciences
OECD FORD branch
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Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
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Publication year
2015
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Armed Forces and Society
ISSN
0095-327X
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
41
Issue of the periodical within the volume
4
Country of publishing house
US - UNITED STATES
Number of pages
20
Pages from-to
639-658
UT code for WoS article
000361169900003
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-84960431606