Uvodnik: Raziskovalno-Razvojna in Inovacijska Dejavnost Na Obrambnem Področju

Editorial: Defence Research, Development and Innovation

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The concept of military science represents the interaction of the system of military disciplines, civilian and military educational institutions and their researchers, whose work is focused on the most important societal value - security. In the context of interpretations by various authors, dictionaries and encyclopedias, the article critically examines the conceptualisation of military science, which has not received much attention in the Slovenian literature. In addition to conceptual challenges, the paper also answers the question of what military science is and how it should be understood in the context of contemporary interdisciplinary approaches and efforts of educational and other institutions that analytically grapple with a wide variety of insights, objects or topics related to the military as a phenomenon, practice or idea.
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Military Science and Educational Institutions

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The foundation of any activity of all state bodies must primarily be based on state legislation. The military field, which is narrower than the defense field, with all the characteristics and properties of the largest collection of kinetic energy and at the same time the integrated energy of state institutionalized coercion, is even more dependent on the meaning and purpose of state legislation. It would be recommended that in the future Slovenian legislation in the military field would more effectively and above all more successfully follow international developments in the field of military legislation, science and military research and development. It should be emphasized that interdisciplinary content in the military field requires special attention, caution and, above all, far-reaching predictability, which is extremely difficult in the modern world, but not impossible. The predictability of future military events requires clear, target-specific and unambiguous legislative content.
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Proposal to Supplement Slovenian Legislation in the Military Field

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This article deals with the interconnection and conditionality of ethics and scientific research. It describes the different types and causes of unethical actions, which it classifies into groups, as well as the approaches to the management of unethical acts, focusing on the situation in the Slovenian scientific area. The article goes on to discuss the situation after the establishment of a National Military College in the military education system, and describes a unique way of managing ethics in a military organization and the suitability of applying the same in military education. After an analysis of the experience to date, the similarities and differences between the military and civilian education systems in the field of ethical risk management are explained.
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Managing Ethical Risks in Military Education

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Ethics is an important element of military professionalism, and a factor in military work and behaviour, especially during operations. Studies and surveys show that ethical military leaders are crucial in promoting ethical conduct within the armed forces. This article presents the work of the Science and Technology Organization’s research team on Factors Affecting Ethical Leadership, which focuses on the study of military ethics, ethical education and training, national practices of teaching ethics in the armed forces, the documentation of relevant ethical cases, and surveying the opinions of military personnel with regard to ethical military leadership.
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Military and Ethics: How are Ethical Leaders Produced?

RECENZIJA: O Osamosvojitvi Slovenije Z Vidika Vojaške Strategije

Review: On Slovenian Independence from the Perspective of Military Strategy

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