The nature of Virtue theories is the importance of person’s values, “in today’s political language, “character matters”” , in his actions. In other words, “Good character, or virtues, is central to virtue theory” . In difference to this, the focus …show more content…
After all, “Army professionals must choose to serve daily according to the profession’s ethic and values to maintain the American people’s trust.” The model how to make Ethical Decisions is provided in Army doctrinal publication, but applying wider approach using above mentioned theories provides a better …show more content…
In other terms, using the three ethical systems the Officer determines three different evaluation criteria and conducts “war-gaming” to find the best solution that best represents Army values and “the organizational climate and culture.”
Second, implementation of the “Ethical Triangle” in military Ethical decision making model helps the US Army officer to understand ethical challenges and to choose the leading ethical choice in the modern warfare environment. Indeed, “Applying the model to a variety of ethical dilemmas and testing the model against those dilemmas (such as My Lai and Abu Ghraib) helps to master the necessary “ethical fitness” for application in the real world.“
Finally, in case of providing information and analysis to senior leadership, employing of the “Ethical Triangle” gives a comprehensive view on the situation and define possible implementation because “The “ethical triangle” ethical decision making model does provide a better model than the simplistic Army model that merely states that the decision should be made based on the course of action that “best represents Army