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Philosophy and ethics education for cadets.
Abstract
As a values-based institution, West Point seeks to instill a moral sense in its leaders. This endeavor can run crosscurrent to the free-form ethical investigation that is a hallmark of the contemporary ethics course. The result is a sometimes-uneasy tension, a constant effort to steer between the undesirable extremes of preaching the moral "right answer" and graduating military leaders who do not share the Army's ethical commitments.
Introduction
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