Warplanes explicitly targeting schools and hospitals because they are the most demoralizing and disruptive targets Well, the WW2 doctrine of strategic bombing

Warplanes explicitly targeting schools and hospitals because they are the most demoralizing and disruptive targets Well, the WW2 doctrine of strategic bombing was not far off. And it justified the firebombing of Dresden and the nuking of two Japanese cities, amongst others, by the airforce of an otherwise civilized country. Also, see the bombing of so-called dual-use objectives (that included schools and hospitals) in recent "peacekeeping missions" in Bosnia, Irak by the same airforce. So, nothing new there. it's all unconscionable It is because we were raised as such - social conditioning. You can not imagine how heinous the weapons I cited were considered when introduced - at first, their users refused them, as it was not honourable or just. I also really hope that you don't think it's perfectly fine on a personal level. I do not think so, but it does not matter, unfortunately. Nobody's ethical considerations matter actually. If it works, it's going to be used, and ethical judgements are going to change as soon as the winner gets their way.