The moral obligations of the soldier: Karl Gustav Hohenlohe-Langenburg’s De devoirs militaires Cover Image

Morální povinnosti vojáka. Spisek Karla Gustava Hohenlohe-Langenburga „O vojenských povinnostech“
The moral obligations of the soldier: Karl Gustav Hohenlohe-Langenburg’s De devoirs militaires

Author(s): Jan Koumar
Subject(s): 18th Century
Published by: Univerzita Karlova v Praze - Filozofická fakulta, Vydavatelství
Keywords: Karl Gustav Hohenlohe-Langenburg; moral obligations; military ethics; 18th century army; Austrian army

Summary/Abstract: The paper examines the moral obligations of the soldier as presented in the essay De devoirs militaires authored in 1845 by Karl Gustav Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1777–1866), an important generalof the Austrian army of the post-Napoleonic era. It discusses the main points of the essay, offeringhistorical context.

  • Issue Year: 14/2022
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 128-138
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Czech