ABSTRACT
This chapter argues that war journalists do have a moral responsibility to engage in peace journalism, but that it not the sole responsibility of the journalists. War journalists play an important part in conflicts. However, war journalists are also used as propagandists for the various parties to a conflict. There is increasing concern that rather than doing no harm, war journalism might serve to escalate conflict, and thus be responsible for the increase in deaths and injury of innocent people, particularly as the main casualties of contemporary wars and conflicts are unarmed civilians. The golden rule is another ethical principle sometimes described as the core of religious ethics as adherence to some form of "doing to others as you would have them do to you" is the basis of many religious perspectives. Peace journalism would involve giving a voice to all parties, exposing truths and untruths on all sides of the conflict.
