Unlike most books on the Ethics of war, this book rejects the \'Just war\' tradition, proposing a Virtue Ethics of war to take its place.
It answers the question: \'If war is a very great evil, would a leader with courage, justice, compassion, and all the other moral virtues ever choose to fight a war?\'.
Like torture, war cannot be justified.
Unlike most books on the Ethics of war, this book rejects the \'Just war\' tradition, proposing a Virtue Ethics of war to take its place