Abstract
Our ultimate purpose then is not so much to provide a defence of mercenarism, but to attack a certain kind of anti-mercenarism, underpinned by that Machiavellian virtu, which extols inter alia the virtues of a citizen's willing subordination of his or her personal interest to the communal good.
Original language | English (US) |
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Title of host publication | Private Military and Security Companies |
Subtitle of host publication | Ethics, Policies and Civil-Military Relations |
Publisher | Routledge Taylor & Francis Group |
Pages | 102-115 |
Number of pages | 14 |
ISBN (Print) | 0203930835, 9780203930830 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jan 16 2008 |
Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Arts and Humanities