Abstract
ABSTRACT Fostering a culture and climate of respect is a point of emphasis for the United States military. Yet, despite its clear commitment to the value of respect—and, more specifically, respect for human dignity—the military has struggled to understand how best to foster respect in its members. It has also struggled with precisely how to define the nature of respect, as evidenced by the different glosses of “respect” in the official value statements of the military’s various branches. It is my aim in this article to aid the important project of fostering respect in the military by explicating the nature of respect for human dignity, together with its corresponding virtue, and contrasting it with another kind of respect—namely, institutional respect. Having clarified the nature of these two kinds of respect, I will suggest some strategies for fostering growth in both kinds of respect in the military. I conclude by offering some brief reflections on the importance of fostering a culture of respect even for our enemies in war.
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