Moral judgement within the armed forces

Journal of Military Ethics

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 19-40

  Verweij, Desiree ^a   Soeters, Joseph ^a   Hofhuis, Kim ^b  

^a NETHERLANDS DEFENCE ACADEMY   (Netherlands)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Code of conduct; Moral dilemmas; Moral judgement; Moral Judgement Test (Lind)

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958092890     PISSN: 15027570     EISSN: 15027589     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15027570701228545     Document Type: Article

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