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First published 1951

Conscience on the Battlefield

by Leonard E. Read

The Foundation for Economic Education, 1951ISBN 978-1-63069-665-8

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Author: Leonard E. Read
First published: 1951
Format: EPUB
ISBN: 978-1-63069-665-8
Publisher: The Foundation for Economic Education
License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0

Liberty, ethics & philosophy

Leonard Read wrote this in 1951, during the Korean War. A soldier dying on the battlefield meets his own conscience, and the dialogue between them asks whether a man can hand responsibility for killing to the state that ordered it. A prologue and epilogue frame the exchange.

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Is Conscience on the Battlefield free to download?: Yes. The complete EPUB downloads directly from this page (641 KB). There is no signup, no account and no paywall.
How long is Conscience on the Battlefield?: 4 chapters and about 6,886 words in the edition this archive serves.
Can I reuse or republish Conscience on the Battlefield?: This edition is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0, so yes, on that licence's terms. Check the deed for what attribution it requires.
Who wrote Conscience on the Battlefield?: Leonard E. Read (1898–1983) was an American founder and president of the Foundation for Economic Education (FEE), and had a lifelong devotion to educating people about freedom in down-to-earth ways that would stick with them. This archive holds 39 of Read's works.

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Leonard E. Read 1898–1983

Leonard E. Read (1898–1983) was an American founder and president of the Foundation for Economic Education (FEE), and had a lifelong devotion to educating people about freedom in down-to-earth ways that would stick with them. Read more about Leonard E. Read.

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