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Outsourcing Duty - The Moral Exploitation of the American Soldier (Hardcover)
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Outsourcing Duty - The Moral Exploitation of the American Soldier (Hardcover)
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Are contemporary soldiers exploited by the state and society that
they defend? More specifically, have America's professional service
members disproportionately carried the moral weight of America's
war-fighting decisions since the inception of an all-volunteer
force? In this volume, Michael J. Robillard and Bradley J.
Strawser, who have both served in the military, examine the
question of whether and how American soldiers have been exploited
in this way. Robillard and Strawser offer an original normative
theory of 'moral exploitation'-the notion that persons or groups
can be wrongfully exploited by being made to shoulder an excessive
amount of moral weight. They make the case that this exploitation
accurately describes the relationship between the United States and
the members of its military, and offer a thorough and in-depth
analysis of some of the exploitative and misleading elements of
present-day military recruitment, the moral burdens soldiers often
bear, and the stifling effect that a 'Thank You for Your Service'
and 'I support the troops' culture has had on serious public
engagement about America's ongoing wars. Robillard and Strawser
offer a piercing critique of the pernicious divide between military
members and the civilians who direct them. They conclude by arguing
for several normative and prudential prescriptions to help close
this ever-widening fissure between the U.S. and its military, and
within the U.S. itself. In so doing, their work gives a much needed
and urgent voice to America's soldiers, the other 1%.
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