Browsing Research articles (Dept of Theology and Religious Studies) by Subject "critical thinking"

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  • Reasoning and the military decision making process 

    Ikpe, Ibanga B. (Center for Cognition and Neuroethics, http://cognethic.org/, 2014)
    The archetypal view of the military is that of a hierarchical organization whose members are conditioned to respond to command without question. Its election of obedience as “the supreme military virtue” portrays it as ...

  • Towards a thinking military philosophical practice and Botswana military training 

    Ikpe, I. (Taylor & Francis, 2011)
    Obedience is traditionally the supreme virtue of the military and, for many people, a soldier is an unthinking automaton that has been conditioned to respond to commands and operate in strictly hierarchical environments. ...