摘要：Society today is both bewildered and tarnished by major lapses in character that cause serious moral and psychological harm to people. Every day the news media bombards us with accounts of ethical scandals, distortions of the truth, and tragic failures of humanity to reach its potential for excellence and prosperity. Such accounts include corporate manipulation of financial reports despite legislation and international standards to prevent it, pervasive cultures of sexual harassment (e.g., Harvey Weinstein, 21st Century Fox, the Miss America pageant), child abuse by clergy and university coaches (e.g., Jerry Sandusky at Penn State), racists seeking to further divide society, inhuman treatment of customers by airlines, distribution of fake news in the media, data breaches at companies such as Equifax, spinning of false narratives by politicians, and an inability of political parties to collaborate for the collective good of the nation. Unfortunately, these examples are not only limited to corporate and political sectors but also extend into the US military with accounts of mismanagement of sexual assault prevention and response at the USAFA in 2017, Army (USA) Maj Gen Joseph Harrington’s racy texts sent to the wife of an enlisted soldier, and the sanctioning of more than 500 US military officers for ethical lapses since 2013.1 Such occurrences mock military honor codes that espouse time-honored core values that are supposed to create ethical climates in military institutions. They also degrade the collective character of the very institutions in which citizens place their trust for the global defense of our civilization.
