The state of peace between men living side by side is not really a state of peace, but is rather a state of war, that is to say a state in which hostilities, even if they have not been openly declared, are a continual threat. A real state of peace must therefore be created. For the absence of hostilities is not sufficient to guarantee peace.
Emmanuel Kant, Towards everlasting peace, 1795.
Military ethics, or ethics of war, is a set of practices and discourses that serve to guide the armed forces and their members to act in accordance with certain values and international standards, and to show these reference values to the citizens as a whole. The military protects the lives of the … Read more... about Military Ethics