CFP: International Society for Military Ethics

CALL FOR PAPERS: 
ISME is pleased to accept papers focused on "Military Ethics and Moral Injury: Challenges and Opportunities." Possible topics include, but are not limited to:

• What "Moral Injury" is, and how it should, or could, be understood by lay and professionals alike
• How might spiritual, social, and mental fitness impact moral injury, if at all
• How, when, and why moral injury occurs, if it does, and how it may be prevented, if at all 
• How ought the Profession of Arms engage with moral injury--prevention, reduction, treatment, reconciliation, etc. 
• How might public policy involve moral injury, descriptively and/or normatively
• How might modern cognitive, behavioral, and sociological science aid efforts in defining, treating, and reducing moral injury 

 
Submissions should be sent to Lt Col Kathryn Toms, PhD ([email protected]) no later than 15 March, 2025.  Please prepare your submission for blind review and put "ISME 25 Submission" in the email subject line.  Submissions will be reviewed by a panel and authors of papers accepted for conference presentation will be notified no later than 15 April.  The conference registration deadline is 15 May. 

Abstracts are acceptable, although full papers are preferred.  Each selected presenter can expect to present for about 20 minutes followed by 15 minutes of audience discussion/Q&A.)