We Hold These Truths to Be Self-Evident: The National Guard and the Categorical Imperative by Armstrong, Anne C.
We Hold These Truths to Be Self-Evident: The National Guard and the Categorical Imperative by Armstrong, Anne C.

We Hold These Truths to Be Self-Evident: The National Guard and the Categorical Imperative

In this monograph, Dr. Armstrong argues that a nation founded in Enlightenment theory can rely on Kant's...
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Author: Anne C. Armstrong
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We Hold These Truths to Be Self-Evident: The National Guard and the Categorical Imperative by Armstrong, Anne C.

We Hold These Truths to Be Self-Evident: The National Guard and the Categorical Imperative

CHF 95.65
We Hold These Truths to Be Self-Evident: The National Guard and the Categorical Imperative by Armstrong, Anne C.

We Hold These Truths to Be Self-Evident: The National Guard and the Categorical Imperative

CHF 95.65
Author: Anne C. Armstrong
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
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In this monograph, Dr. Armstrong argues that a nation founded in Enlightenment theory can rely on Kant's categorical imperative as a rationale for voluntary service in one's local National Guard. Since the 19th century, a Utilitarian argument has been the favored rationale, but in We Hold These Truths to be Self-Evident: The National Guard and the Categorical Imperative Dr. Armstrong contends that there is also a normative rationale.

The author traces Guard history from its inception in 1636 to the present day and applies Kant's unchanging categorical imperative to volunteer service in the militias. She highlights that this is an ideal that is not always met by frail human beings but that the categorical imperative is always there, lurking in the historical record. With a thorough analysis of Kant's reasoning, the theory is chronologically applied to volunteer service in the National Guard through the perspective of the leadership of each particular era.

This book is ideal for the study of American history, Enlightenment philosophy, and political science. It will appeal to scholars and academics as well as officers in Professional Military Education (PME), service academies and War Colleges, and the National Defense University.



Author: Anne C. Armstrong
Publisher: Vernon Press
Published: 05/10/2021
Pages: 160
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.82lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.44d
ISBN: 9781648891489

About the Author
Armstrong, Anne C.: - A native of Washington, DC, Dr. Armstrong received her Juris Doctorate in 1996 at the Catholic University of America and her interdisciplinary Doctorate of Liberal Studies in History and Philosophy in 2019 at Georgetown University. After a 21-year career as an Air Force and Air National Guard jet pilot, she is currently the lead historian for the National Guard Association of the United States in Washington, DC.
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