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This book is comprised of a variety of essays written by students the first section deals with war the essays speak of how painful and terrible war is One essay was by a soldier who served in the first Gulf War who promised to discuss the ethical positions George HW Bush laid out. Unfortunately the author only described his feelings and his sense of betrayal for having to serve when he only wanted the college aid.

The comparisons between the women of The Trojan Women and modern female survivors of the conflict in Bosnia is brilliant.

"War is an intelligent beast." -War changes our definition of natural and expected behavior.

From the fall of Troy to present, rape has been used as another weapon in war.

Do not underestimate semantics and how that defines conflicts.

Genocide is too vague of a word.

"The ethic of genocide is not obvious. Our knee-jerk reaction is to condemn it, blame the perpetrator, and memorialize the victim. And yet it happens over and over again, and all we can say is, "Never Again."

The Ethics of South African Identity was beautiful

"My contradictions are important because they shape my identity, and the identity I ultimately choose defines the moral and ethical compass of my adult life." - Magogodi Makhene