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- Title
RELUCTANT SOLDIERS: THE MORAL DILEMMA OF AN UNJUST WAR.
- Authors
Montrose, Jeffrey
- Abstract
If called upon would you fight in a war you thought unjust? This article attempts to explain why the majority of military officers and soldiers when faced with this question do fight despite moral misgivings they may have. I will explain why on one hand officers are morally obligated to refuse unjust orders in jus in bello cases, but on the other hand it can be argued that they are also obligated to follow orders they believe to be unjust concerning jus ad bellum. The war in Iraq has and continues to presents military officers and their soldiers with a particularly difficult moral dilemma. As citizens of a democratic government it is important that we understand why our military officers act in ways that may seem counter to what we believe is right.
- Subjects
WAR &; ethics; CONSCIENTIOUS objection; MILITARY personnel conduct of life; CIVIL-military relations; MILITARY ethics
- Publication
Think: Philosophy for Everyone, 2010, Vol 9, Issue 26, p119
- ISSN
1477-1756
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1017/S1477175610000229