> You seem to be suggesting that this isn't wrong just because a rule exists. This thinking is called "legal positivism". While famously used by soldiers after

> You seem to be suggesting that this isn't wrong just because a rule exists. This thinking is called "legal positivism". While famously used by soldiers after war crimes, it does not even apply in that case. Just because your laws or orders say so does not mean, that they are right, morally justified or that you will not get punished afterwards.