The Just War ethic, with its two pillars jus ad bellum and jus in bello, is central to the evaluation of the morality of entering into and the conduct of war. Whether grounded in custom and tradition, or based on developments in divine, natural, international, or positive law, the Just War ethic exists as a model capable of defining the bounds of the morality of going to and waging war in a just manner in specific social and political contexts...