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At the battle or war level, I don’t know. Someone else might be able to come up with an example. But militaries do make smaller-scale ethical decisions all the
by HL33tibCe7 4y ago
At the battle or war level, I don’t know. Someone else might be able to come up with an example.
But militaries do make smaller-scale ethical decisions all the time, e.g: “do we attack this compound that could contain civilians”.
- solardev 4y agoIsn't the answer usually some variation of "yes, we were ordered to/they shouldn't be there/they're the ones making the bombs/it's them or us/intel says blah/it's necessary/nobody will know/too weary to care". The possibility or certainty of collateral damage never seems to stop much, whether it's wedding guests or fellow car passengers or Osama's wives, it's always bomb first and hand wave it away later, or so it seems.
- HL33tibCe7 4y agoNo, that is not always the answer, in fact I’d suggest it’s usually not the answer.
- solardev 4y agoThen I really hope it's just a case of the media reporting on civilian deaths, while most of the time they're avoided altogether and not newsworthy. Hopefully.
- rcarr 4y agoIn short, no. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Red_Wings https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Red_Wings