War and Peace

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Abelard - The Just War - Short paper discussing the notion of 'just war' in historic context and with reference to current affairs (2002).

BBC Religion & Ethics: Ethics of War - Explains the fundamental ethical problems of warfare: the doctrine of just war, pacifism, and religious views of war.

Center for the Study of Professional Military Ethics - Working to promote and enhance the ethical development of current and future military leaders through education, research, and reflection.

The Chronicle - When Teaching the Ethics of War Is Not Academic - By Shannon E. French. Ethics instructor discusses teaching what makes professional soldiers different than terrorists.

Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy - The Philosophy of War - Introductory article covering war, what causes war, human nature and war, and war and political and moral Philosophy.

JustWarTheory.com - Devoted to public education in just war theory and its application in international law and foreign policy.

Military Ethics - Videos of lectures, links for resources and problems for case studies.

Terrorism and Response: A Moral Inquiry into the Killing of Noncombatants - An essay arguing that to kill noncombatants in a terrorist attack or during a "collaterally violent" response to such an attack is morally equivalent, that both are morally wrong, and neither are acts of war, but murder.

War - Article on the ethics of war and peace, the Just War theory, and pacificsm. From the Stanford Encyclopedia, by Brian D. Orend.

BBC NEWS - UK troops told: Be just and strong - British troops waiting to attack Iraq are told to be ferocious in battle, but magnanimous in victory. (March, 2003)