LITMIR.BIZ

       JAMES V. MORGANELLI

      YMAA Publication Center

      Wolfeboro, NH USA

      YMAA Publication Center, Inc.

      PO Box 480

      Wolfeboro, New Hampshire, 03894

      1-800-669-8892 • [email protected] • www.ymaa.com

      ISBN: 9781594395581 (print) • ISBN: 9781594395598 (ebook)

      Copyright © 2018 by James V. Morganelli

      All rights reserved including the right of reproduction in whole or in part in any form.

      Edited by T. G. LaFredo

      Cover design by Axie Breen

      This book typeset in 12 pt. Adobe Garamond.

      Typesetting by Westchester Publishing Services

      Publisher’s Cataloging in Publication

      Names: Morganelli, James V., author.

      Title: The protector ethic : morality, virtue, and ethics in the martial way / James V. Morganelli.

      Description: Wolfeboro, NH USA : YMAA Publication Center, Inc., [2018] | Includes bibliographical references.

      Identifiers: ISBN: 9781594395581 (print) | 9781594395598 (ebook) | LCCN: 2017963167

      Subjects: LCSH: Martial artists—Conduct of life. | Martial arts—Moral and ethical aspects. | Martial arts—Psychological aspects. | Hand-to-hand fighting, Oriental—Philosophy. | Violence—Moral and ethical aspects. | Violence—Psychological aspects. | Self-defense—Moral and ethical aspects. | Discipline—Moral and ethical aspects. | Justice—Moral and ethical aspects. | Vigilance (Psychology) | Courage—Moral and ethical aspects. | BISAC: SPORTS & RECREATION / Martial Arts & Self-Defense. | PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy. | PHILOSOPHY / Good & Evil.

      Classification: LCC: GV1102.7.P75 M674 2018 | DDC: 796.815—dc23

      Disclaimer: The authors and publisher of the material are NOT RESPONSIBLE in any manner whatsoever for any injury which may occur through reading or following the instructions in this manual.

      The activities physical or otherwise, described in this manual may be too strenuous or dangerous for some people, and the reader(s) should consult a physician before engaging in them.

      Warning: While self-defense is legal, fighting is illegal. If you don’t know the difference you’ll go to jail because you aren’t defending yourself. You are fighting—or worse. Readers are encouraged to be aware of all appropriate local and national laws relating to self-defense, reasonable force, and the use of weaponry, and act in accordance with all applicable laws at all times. Understand that while legal definitions and interpretations are generally uniform, there are small—but very important—differences from state to state and even city to city. To stay out of jail, you need to know these differences. Neither the authors nor the publisher assumes any responsibility for the use or misuse of information contained in this book.

      Nothing in this document constitutes a legal opinion nor should any of its contents be treated as such. While the authors believe that everything herein is accurate, any questions regarding specific self-defense situations, legal liability, and/or interpretation of federal, state, or local laws should always be addressed by an attorney at law.

      This text may rely on public news sources to gather information on various crimes and criminals described herein. While news reports of such incidences are generally accurate, they are on occasion incomplete or incorrect. Consequently, all suspects should be considered innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

      When it comes to martial arts, self-defense, and related topics, no text, no matter how well written, can substitute for professional, hands-on instruction. These materials should be used for academic study only.

      The nation that will insist on drawing a broad line of demarcation between the fighting man and the thinking man is liable to find its fighting done by fools and its thinking done by cowards.

      —Sir William Francis Butler, Charles George Gordon (1889)

       Contents

FOREWORD

PROLOGUE

INTRODUCTION: THE MARTIAL IS MORAL

Know Your Ought

The Protector Ethic

A Moral-Physical Philosophy

On Ethics

What More than This?

Look Death in the Face

       1

       To Value: Justice as Honor

      A Genuine Fake

      Respect: Owed or Earned?

      Justice or Just-Us?

      The Way of Justice

      The Moral as Martial: Honesty

      The Hunting Story

      Our Naturally Lawful Laws

      Without Must, Ought, and Should

      The Polite Absurdity

      Calibrating the Moral Compass

      Honor

       2

       To Reason: Temperance as Integrity

      Stepping Forward

      Self-Risk Is Self-Worth

      Reason to Risk

      The Moral as Martial: Discipline

      Context Counts

      The Hero and the Warrior

      Integrity

       3

       To Judge: Prudence as Vigilance

      Wisdom from Knowledge

      Discerning Priorities

      The Painting or the Guard?

      Eye of the Beholder

      The Moral as Martial: Viability

      Enter the Ethical Warrior

      Vigilance

       4

       To Act: Courage as Rectitude

      The Storms of Human Nature

      Evil

      The

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