ABSTRACT
Ethics of war courses traditionally revolve around two main claims. The first is that ethical practices inhere in the practice of war itself. The second is that we are bound by moral duty – whether required of us by God, humanity or natural law, to act honourably to those with whom we engage in battle. For the most part, most tend to agree with Kant that we have no way of inferring causal relationships outside experience. We cannot infer from a causal order of nature to a God who is the author of nature. There may well be an intelligent designer at work in the world, but if there is we cannot prove it. We cannot infer from the injunctions of God any moral obligations to behave well. We derive those from the experience in dealing with each other.
