Political Ethics Seminars

Tuesday 11 October 2011 4.30 pm

Room no WI-LR11, Wilberforce Building

Dr Eunice Goes

Assistant Professor of Communications

Richmond University

Power and the Public Sphere: The Need for Institutions

Seminar Postponed  This seminar, which was due to have been held on Wednesday 4 May 2011  2.00 pm, Room WI-LT29, Wilberforce Building, unfortunately had to be postponed due to illness, but it is hoped that Mr Carrick will present his seminar at some point in the near future.

Don Carrick

Project Director

Military Ethics Education Network

Creating Good Soldiers: Character Education in the Military

Mr Carrick argues that attempts by military educators to mould ‘good character’ in members of the military are inappropriate, particularly in the context of ‘wars among the people’ such as the current conflict in Afghanistan. Drawing on the findings of the three-year Military Ethics Education Network research project undertaken by Professor James Connelly and himself, he argues that such attempts are theoretically misguided and, in practice, dangerously counter-productive.