@article{Puumala_2020, title={Kaveria ei jätetä – eettinen toimintakyky ja suomalainen hyvinvointiyhteiskunta}, volume={2020}, url={https://journal.fi/ta/article/view/101298}, abstractNote={<div class="page" title="Page 1"> <div class="layoutArea"> <div class="column"> <p>This article examines the meaning and content of ethical action competence. Integrity is denoted as the most important aspect of ethical action competence. Integrity is defined as the wholeness of a person’s moral principles, values and roles. This wholeness is searched for through an understanding of different meta-ethical theories as mutually complementary moral structures instead of competing, mutually exclusive theories.</p> <p>The article perceives military ethics as a broader societal phenomenon. This poses a larger question of what kind of a society is best suited for cultivating moral integrity. In the article, general level of education is identified as a factor at the root of building ethical action competence. Consequently, societies with high-quality public education systems could best support ethical action competence both as a citizen and as a soldier. The Nordic welfare state is a model example of such a society portraying a general ethos of caring. Similar ethos can be seen reflected in the traditional Finnish military ethical principle, “kaveria ei jätetä”, no one left behind. In conclusion, a strong welfare state with emphasis on the valuation of education makes for (ethically) better soldiers, and moreover, when successful, the military service can cultivate more active and responsible citizens.</p> </div> </div> </div>}, number={78}, journal={Tiede ja ase}, author={Puumala, Laura}, year={2020}, month={joulu} }