Values, virtues, and military honor. Values are beliefs about what is deemed good or valuable by a person or organization. Virtues are good values that have been internalized into the way a person perceives, feels, decides, and acts in the world. For military professionals, a commitment to good values may suffice in sunny days of peace, but strong virtues are required to sustain honorable conduct in the dark nights of war. #military #characterdevelopment #virtues #ArmyValues #westpoint
Pete Bowen
10mo
Values are how you hope you act under pressure (i.e. in combat). Virtues are the habits that drive what you actually do under pressure.
John O'Grady
10mo
This should be read every morning by every military member.
Fred Franks
10mo
Pete, Well said and to be remembered.
Character Development, Military Ethics, Profession of Arms
10mo"Simply following rules or performing required duties will not ensure avoidance of moral dilemmas. Well-developed virtues rather than fear of punishment must guide Soldier conduct. More importantly, in the complex, dynamic, ambiguous, and lethal environment of the future, there is great potential to do harm, or commit criminal acts, and there is often insufficient time to apply rules self-consciously, or calculate the consequences of wrongdoing. Therefore, soldierly conduct must involve the practice of values and virtues until doing the right thing becomes a habit. Habitual virtuous conduct takes on the qualities of duty; an obligation willingly accepted and performed at the right times and for the right reasons" (Training and Doctrine Command, The U.S. Army Study of the Human Dimension in the Future 2015-2024, 2008, p. 68).