Empowering our military conscience : transforming just war theory and military moral education / edited by Roger Wertheimer.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The triumph of the just war theory (and the dangers of success) / Michael Walzer -- "Methodological anarchy" : arguing about preventive war / George R. Lucas, Jr. -- Crossing borders to fight injustice : the ethics of humanitarian intervention / Richard Miller -- The proper role of intention in military decision making / T.M. Scanlon -- Ethics for calamities : how strict is the moral rule against targeting non-combatants? / Jeffrey Reiman -- Invincible ignorance, moral equality, and professional obligation / Richard Schoonhoven -- The moral singularity of military professionalism / Roger Wertheimer -- The morality of military ethics education / Roger Wertheimer.

Responding to increasing global anxiety over the ethics education of military personnel, this volume illustrates the depth, rigour and critical acuity of Professional Military Ethics Education (PMEE) with contributions by distinguished ethical theorists. It refreshes our thinking about the axioms of just war orthodoxy, the intellectual and political history of just war theorizing, and the justice of recent military doctrines and ventures. The volume also explores a neglected moral dimension of warfare, jus ante bellum (the ethics of pre-war practices) {u2013} particularly jus in disciplina bellica (the ethics of educating for warfare). Using metaphor to exemplify the professionalization of the military, the book exposes ambivalences within military professionals' concepts of their professional responsibilities, analyzes issues of self-respect posed by service in an unjust cause, and surveys the deep conflicts inherent in PMEE. While primarily focused on US military academies, the volume will resonate with those responsible for education in military academies across the globe.