The Warrior, Military Ethics and Contemporary Warfare: Achilles goes Asymmetrical, by Pauline M. Karin

The process of ‘War’, whether waged for noble or ignoble ends and for long considered a valid instrument of state policy, is broadly interpreted along the Clausewitzian dictum of the ‘application of organised violence for political ends’. The United Nations (UN) outlaws the proposition that states can use force for resolving their disputes. However, given the continuous and pervasive nature of international violence, newer and more acceptable (as also anodyne) terms like ‘armed conflict’, ‘use of force’, ‘military combat’, ‘recourse to arms’, besides many more, have found their way into modern lexicon. In likewise manner, the human instrument that engages in this process at the professional level is now known as the ‘soldier’, as against the earlier typology of a ‘warrior’. Within this changing mix, the terminology for primordial mechanics, means or the methodology remains unchanged and continues to be called ‘warfare’.

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