James L. Cook is Professor and Head, Department of Philosophy, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA. A foreign area officer and cyber officer, his assignments have included the ...view moreJames L. Cook is Professor and Head, Department of Philosophy, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA. A foreign area officer and cyber officer, his assignments have included the Pentagon and NATO. He serves as a board member of the International Society of Military Ethics and co-editor of the Journal of Military Ethics. He earned his doctorate in philosophy at the Universität-Heidelberg and publishes on philosophical topics including the ethics of war.view less