ABSTRACT
This chapter explores the topic of professional military ethics, what we mean by the term, what it covers, and how it is taught. It emphasises the role that both military ethics and law have, when taken together, to positively influence warʼs effects on non-combatants, operational and strategic outcomes, as well as the mental health and well-being of combatants themselves. The chapter makes a distinction between training and education, explains what this means in practical terms as applied by various military institutions around the world, and the current challenges that are faced, before focusing on the Ukrainian experience. Here, military ethics is largely framed and understood in terms of psychological resilience, with processes and support having evolved very quickly in response to the invasion of Ukraine and the rapid expansion of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. The chapter concludes by looking at new approaches to understanding education in this area and how they relate to the innovative pedagogical tools introduced by the Kingʼs College London Centre for Military Ethics.
