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War  - http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/war/  Article on the ethics of war and peace, the Just War theory, and pacificsm. From the Stanford Encyclopedia, by Brian D. Orend.  The Moral and Ethical Challenges of Modern War  - http://www.csis.org/burke/ethicsofwar_speech.pdf  Speech by Anthony Cordesman at the U.S. Army War College [pdf].  Military Ethics  - http://ethics.sandiego.edu/Applied/Military/index.asp  Videos of lectures, links for resources and problems for case studies.  Abelard - The Just War  - http://www.abelard.org/briefings/just_war.htm  Short paper discussing the notion of 'just war' in historic context and with reference to current affairs (2002).  Carnegie Council - Ethics and the Use of Force Program  - http://www.carnegiecouncil.org/page.php?prmID=72  Promotes research and discourse on the role of ethics in armed conflict.  The Chronicle - When Teaching the Ethics of War Is Not Academic  - http://chronicle.com/free/v49/i28/28b00701.htm  By Shannon E. French. Ethics instructor discusses teaching what makes professional soldiers different than terrorists.  BBC Religion & Ethics: Ethics of War  - http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/ethics/war/  Explains the fundamental ethical problems of warfare: the doctrine of just war, pacifism, and religious views of war.  Terrorism and Response: A Moral Inquiry into the Killing of Noncombatants  - http://www.svaphilosopher.com/Vietnam/TerrorismandResponse.html  An essay arguing that to kill noncombatants in a terrorist attack or during a "collaterally violent" response to such an attack is morally equivalent, that both are morally wrong, and neither are acts of war, but murder.  JustWarTheory.com  - http://www.justwartheory.com/  Devoted to public education in just war theory and its application in international law and foreign policy.  Center for the Study of Professional Military Ethics  - http://www.usna.edu/Ethics/  Working to promote and enhance the ethical development of current and future military leaders through education, research, and reflection.  The Joint Services Conference on Professional Ethics (JSCOPE)  - http://atlas.usafa.af.mil/jscope/  An organization of military professionals, academics and others formed to discuss ethical issues relevant to the military. The Conference meets each year in Washington, D.C. to present and discuss academic papers.  Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy - The Philosophy of War  - http://www.iep.utm.edu/w/war.htm  Introductory article covering war, what causes war, human nature and war, and war and political and moral Philosophy.