Revolt of the Generals: A Case Study in Professional Ethics

Abstract

The article focuses on professional ethics, and the questions on military professionalism in the United States. According to the author, military professionalism has received a lot of debates, and analysis due to several reasons including the losing sense in professionalism by the Army officers, and the application of ethics to the Armies' professional knowledge. Also discussed are debates on the professionalism of Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld.