..."passing game," the player's instinct is to maximize the number Illustration 5.2. The Cooperative Ethic The military contract demands the total and almost...individual if the interests of the group should require it. The military leader who views his oath of office as merely a contractual arrangement with his government...

...The Cooperative Ethic Th e military contract demands the total and almost unconditional subordi tion of the interests of the individual if the interests of the group should require it. H^ The military leader who views his oath of office as merely a contractual arrangement with his government...

...functioning military may be an ideal societal form. Living in a group demands some subordination of the self to the interests of the group. The military contract...appear to be one of the more advanced forms of social institution.8 The Aristotelian notion of man as zoon politicus is worth some attention if only to contrast...

...bodies that reflect a basic lack of support for an entity that as General Sir John Hackett states, "demands the total and almost unconditional subordination...individual if the interests of the group should require it."18 Tocqueville examines some of the common problems of democratic armies in peacetime. One major...