Soldiers in war are rather different than genocide. The Geneva Convention makes this quite clear. The problem with following a code of ethics rather than simp

Soldiers in war are rather different than genocide. The Geneva Convention makes this quite clear. The problem with following a code of ethics rather than simply acting on hedonistic or sadistic impulse is that you can pick a code of ethics that lets you act on those impulses - even encourages or demands that you act on them. Worse, those who most want to be hedonistic or sadistic are most drawn to those kinds of codes of ethics. I assert that if a code of ethics calls for you to commit genocide, that code of ethics is itself evil.