A highlight of the 2015 Fort Leavenworth Ethics Symposium today was a panel discussion featuring doctors Richard Kohn, Martin Cook, Don Snider and Don Connelly (see the symposium program for their biographies). In their panel discussion titled “Representing the Profession,” key points discussed were the legalities and moralities associated with a senior military officer’s decision to resign in protest over an issue.
The panel members vigorously debated the issues among themselves and took questions from symposium attendees.
What was your take-away? Which position from the panel speakers resonated the most with you? Why? What is the greatest challenge you face personally in representing the Profession?
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If, as military officers, we set aside our “personal morality” to obey lawful orders to avoid a civil-military crisis as Dr. Kohn suggests, couldn’t that potentially lead to a more widespread setting aside of morality resulting in lower-level moral failures creating an even greater crisis within the military?