![]() Her name is Shannon French, she’s a professor of ethics and philosophy, and her book is The Code of the Warrior: Exploring Warrior Values Past and Present. My guest today explored these various codes in a book she wrote during the decade she spent teaching at the United States Naval Academy. Instead, codes of conduct that determine what is and isn’t honorable behavior on the battlefield have existed since ancient times. War is a violent and bloody business, but it’s rarely a no-holds-barred free-for-all. Thank you!īrett McKay: Brett McKay here, and welcome to another edition of The Art of Manliness podcast. It will help cover the costs of transcription and allow others to enjoy it as well. If you appreciate the full text transcript, please consider donating to AoM. Podcast SponsorsĬlick here to see a full list of our podcast sponsors. Listen ad-free on Stitcher Premium get a free month when you use code “manliness” at checkout. Subscribe to the podcast in the media player of your choice. Listen to the episode on a separate page. Shannon on Twitter Listen to the Podcast! (And don’t forget to leave us a review!) Everything You Know About Ninjas is Wrong.Thoughts of a Philosophical Fighter Pilot.What Plato’s Republic Has to Say About Being a Man.What Homer’s Odyssey Can Teach Us Today.Hector and Achilles: Two Paths to Manliness.Aristotle’s Wisdom on Living the Good Life.Why You Need a Philosophical Survival Kit.If reading this in an email, click the title of the post to listen to the show. We end our conversation with the role warrior codes play today in an age of increasingly technologized combat. From there we unpack the code of the medieval knights of Arthurian legend, what American Indians can teach soldiers about the need to make clear transitions between the homefront and the warfront, and how the Bushido code of the samurais sought to balance the influence of four different religions. Shannon and I then take a tour of warrior codes across time and culture, starting with the code in Homer’s Iliad, and then moving into the strengths and weaknesses of the Stoic philosophy which undergirded the code of the Romans. ![]() She then explains how the warrior codes which developed all around the world arose organically from warriors themselves for their own protection, and how these codes are more about identity than rules. Shannon and I begin our conversation with the pointed questions she used to pose to the cadets she taught as to how being a warrior was different than being a killer or murderer, and when killing is and isn’t ethical. War is a violent and bloody business, but it’s rarely a no-holds barred free-for-all. Some maps also provide extra weapons such as catapults, ballista, and boiling oil.Editor’s Note: This is a rebroadcast. Blocking is just as important as striking, and players have the option to fake attacks, sheld bash, and turn what looks like one swing into many. Combat is primarily melee based and contains the technical swordplay not often seen in games of the same genre. Each class contains four different weapon trees, and each kill contributes to unlock the next weapon within that individual tree, eg: Longbow - Shortbow - Warbow.Ĭhivalry contains modes such as team deathmatch, deathmatch, elimination style rounds, and objective based missions. Players pick their side and get to choose between four classes (which are the same for both teams). The game contains two factions: Agathian Knights, and the Mason Order. Released on October 16th as a PC exclusive, Chivalry is set in the middle ages during a civil war in the fictional nation of Agatha. Chivalry: Medieval Warefare is a first/third-person multiplayer action game developed by Torn Banner Studios.
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