human services

Running Head : Human Services

Human Services

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Introduction

Military is the proficiency of the officer imposes upon him a special social responsibility . The employment of his proficiency promiscuously for his own advantage would shatter the fabric of society . Society persists that the management of violence be utilized only for socially permitted purposes . Society has a direct , abiding , and general interest in the employment of this skill for the development of its own military security . As all professions are somewhat regulated by the state , the military

profession is monopolized by the state . The skill of the physician is diagnosis and treatment his responsibility is to the health of his clients . The skill of the officer is the management of violence his responsibility is the military security of his client society . The discharge of the accountability requires mastery of the skill mastery of the skill entails recognition of the responsibility Both responsibility and skill differentiate the officer from other social types . All members of society have an interest in its security the state has a direct concern for the attainment of this along with other social values but the officer corps alone is responsible for military security to the exclusion of all other ends (Huntington S .P . 1957

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Obviously he does not act mainly from economic incentives . In western society the vocation of officer ship is not well rewarded financially Nor is his behavior within his profession ruled by economic rewards and punishments . The military is not a mercenary who transfers his services wherever they are best rewarded , or is he the transitory citizen soldier inspired by forceful momentary patriotism and duty but with no steadying and permanent desire to perfect him in the agreement of violence . The motivations of the military are practical love for his craft and the sense of social obligation to exploit this craft for the benefit of society . The combination of these drives comprises professional motivation . Society , on the other hand , can only declare this motivation if it offers its officers ongoing and sufficient pay both while on active duty and while retired

The military possesses intellectualized skill , mastery of which needs intense study . But like the lawyer and doctor he is not mainly a man of the closet he deals continuously with people . The test of his professional capability is the application of technical knowledge in a human context . Since this application is not regulated by economic means , though , the military requires positive guides spelling out his responsibilities to his fellow military , his subordinates , his superiors , and the state which he serves . His behavior within the military structure is administered by a complex mass of regulations customs , and traditions . His behavior in relation to society is showed by awareness that his skill can only be developed for purposes approved by society through its political agent , the state . As the primary responsibility of the physician is to his patient , and the lawyer to his client , the principal accountability of the military officer...