Abstract
This paper presents an analysis of the Jeju 4.3 incident through a framework of virtue, vice and international ethics. By utilizing primary source documents such as the United States’ Military Intelligence reports (the G-2 Weekly Summaries and Periodic Reports), the incident is described as arising from a “cocktail of vices” – including not only cognitive errors, but also affective vices of character such as factionalism and the inability to compromise. Seen in this way, the Jeju incident offers a lesson about international ethics of which we should be mindful as we move towards the peaceful unification of the two Koreas.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 93-125 |
| Journal | S/N Korean Humanities |
| Volume | 4 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| State | Published - Sep 2018 |