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This paper argues that as counterinsurgency demands different tactics than conventional warfare, it requires a different moral perspective as well. The author proposes that counterinsurgents adopt new virtues that will let them conduct their activities within the moral minimums set by the rules of war, in a way more coherent with the implicit values of just counterinsurgency. According to the author, these virtues may be derived from the 'ethic of care' inspired by the need to manage urges to violence and anger in the context of building trust relationships in the family.