Reinvigorating Ethics in the AF Officer

<p>Edgar Puryear in his book Nineteen Stars defined character as that which shapes the actions of the individual leaderit sustains him in moments of great crises it causes him to do instinctively the honorable and right thing when he is confronted with great decisions.1 The military historically places great importance on teaching new officer candidates how to be leaders specifically moral leaders. By taking a cursory glance of the tremendous moral leadership that the military has developed in its past it can be asserted that the techniques it has used to inculcate moral reasoning to its leaders has been largely successful. However will these tried and true techniques used in the educational and training institutions of the AF continue to be successful in the development of officers as society continues to change?</p><p>This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore you will see the original copyright references library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world) and other notations in the work.</p><p>This work is in the public domain in the United States of America and possibly other nations. Within the United States you may freely copy and distribute this work as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.</p><p>As a reproduction of a historical artifact this work may contain missing or blurred pages poor pictures errant marks etc. Scholars believe and we concur that this work is important enough to be preserved reproduced and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.</p>