ABSTRACT
From the recent revival of just war theory (in the wake of the apparent total war against terrorism as waged by some of the Western powers) emerges a resurrected discussion on military ethics – on what it means to be a good warrior – and how training colleges may best teach ethical behaviour. The wisdom sought is authentic, the desire to produce ethically minded soldiers similarly sincere, and the discussions are intellectually invigorating, but one has to be mindful of the assumptions upon which ethics is to be taught. Which raises the question: is there a basis upon which a military ethic ought be formed? And given a decent answer to that, what changes may follow to the reflections and arguments generally put forward in this volume?
