66. Dr Jessica Wolfendale - On torture, war crimes and moral responsibility - Part 2

The Voices of War

This is Part 2 of my conversation with Dr Jessica Wolfendale, who is an author, ethics professor and expert on torture and war crimes. If you've missed Part 1 of this discussion, I suggest you listen to that first here.

Some of the topics we covered in Part 2 are:

• The dispositional account and cognitive-affective personality system
• Military culture and socialisation
• Freedom and resentment
• Moral ignorance is by no means an excuse
• Integrating the victim’s perspective into military training
• The power of reconciliation
• Jessica’s future work on depictions of war crimes

During the chat, I made reference to my conversation with Deane-Peter Baker about moral drift in the context of military ethics. You can find that interview here.

Additionally, if you'd like to hear more about the position I take on the idea of 'free will', I recommend listening to episode 33 with the renowned 'free will sceptic', Gregg Caruso. You can find it here.

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