On May 9, 2022, an international ethics seminar took place at the Colombian War School in Bogota.
As part of the existing cooperation agreement between ESDEGUE and King's College of London (KCL), EuroISME was invited to give the opening lecture on "Military ethics in the context of conflicts".
Colonel (rtd.) Manfred Rosenberger, member of the board of EuroISME, delivered the contribution via Blackboard online platform of ESDEGUE.
He also used the opportunity to build on previous cooperation and to provide information about the latest developments at EuroISME.
In his presentation the following areas were addressed :
Basic perspectives of military professional ethics (from a European or German perspective)
+ Ethics - morale - applied ethics - professional ethics
+ Specific characteristics of the military profession
+ Do soldiers need special ethics to carry out their mission?
War and Peace - Lines of Tradition and Current Positions in Philosophical Ethics
+ Just War / Just Peace: Does it make sense to differentiate between the two concepts?
+ What special features do "Out of Area" missions and humanitarian interventions bring?
+ Where is the "Responsibility to Protect" to be situated ethically?
The soldier as a moral actor
+ Legal bases for exercising the military profession
+ the 3 pillars of character formation and personality development:
political education - historical education - ethical education
Learning rooms and training programs
+ EuroISME as a discussion forum and knowledge broker
+ Academic analysis and practical help for ethicists
+ Institutional EuroISME-members in Europe and USA
Instead of a conclusion: presentation of an Ethical Decision-Check