Preface
Acknowledgments
1. THE UNREFLECTIVE LIFE: THE SLEEP OF REASON
The Myth of Moral Progress
2. THE PSEUDO-REFLECTIVE LIFE: BATTLE SLEEP
Reflection Deferred and Moral Error
Moral Authority
Lost in the Particulars
The Vices of Virtue
Is Moral Progress without Reflection Possible?
3. THE SEMI-REFLECTIVE LIFE: INSTRUMENTAL MEANS
Instrumental Means and Moral Error
Inadequate Decision Procedures
A Philosophical Critical Method
Disregarding Ends: When Means Become Ends
Are Moral Means Possible?
4. THE QUASI-REFLECTIVE LIFE: INADEQUATE ENDS
Inadequate Ends and Moral Error
Disregarding Means: When Ends Eclipse Means
Presumed Ends
Deliberating New Ends
Are Moral Ends Possible?
5. THE FULLY REFLECTIVE LIFE: AUTONOMY FOR AUTOMATONS
Autonomous Modes and Methods of Philosophical Ethics
The Ethical Principles of War
From Heteronomy to Autonomy: Reformulating Moral Intuitions
Moral Autonomy: Creating Better Understanding and Motivation
Is Moral Autonomy Possible?
6. THE FULLY REFLECTIVE LIFE AND MILITARY ETHICS
The Possibility of Moral Progress
Notes
Bibliography
About the Author
Index