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Ethics Archive
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Note: Entries are sorted from oldest to newest.
Cadet Codes of Conduct and What They Mean for You September 2001
 One of the first wake-up calls you probably got after becoming a cadet was the message that, as a member of your school’s corps of cadets, you would now be held to higher standards of behavior than your peers.
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The Law of War March 2003
If you've been keeping up with current events (and as a cadet, you definitely need to keep on top of the news that's been breaking in the last month or so), you've probably come across reports of peace activists and others claiming that war in general, and the pending war with Iraq in particular, are "immoral" and/or "illegal."
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Law of War April 2003
In my last column, I hope I showed you that, in spite of certain popular opinions you may have been hearing a lot lately, there can be such a thing as just war, and explained the first set of conditions, called jus ad bellum, or justice in going to war, that must be met for a war to be considered a just one.
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Bring Me Men August 2003
For those of you who go on to be commissioned out of USAFA, the Academy will someday be your Alma Mater, literally the mother of your grown-up soul, the full-grown version of the character you brought to the Academy, developed there as a cadet, and will consult daily throughout your career as an officer. So what the Academy really means by "Bring Me Men" is "Give me good officer material stand-up, do-right young people to work with. Creeps, bullies, and moral cowards need not apply, I can't use them..."
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