ABSTRACT
This chapter reflects on that requirement and to shed a bit of light on the formative aspirations at the heart of the Just War Tradition (JWT). It describes a narrow understanding of what makes for right intention, namely, that those who wage war must be motivated to do so by morally appropriate reasons. The chapter explores that core motivational mandate by reflecting on its justification, scope, and stringency. For many advocates of the JWT, the right intention requirement is exhausted by that core mandate. It explores that broad understanding by reflecting on its implications for appropriate emotion in war. The wrong inflicted on the victim generates for the victim a right to the perpetrators experiencing guilt and the perpetrator has the correlative obligation to experience guilt. At the very least, citizens, soldiers, and statesmen should avoid, resist, or abandon any internal, subjective and so emotional state that construes human beings as worthless.
