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**thegamexpertsdotcom** · 07-02-2011, 02:48 PM

I was thinking about this, today (my mind wanders), and I'm wondering what people think about it. Please don't be side-tracked about the current theaters and the politics involved. This is a generic combat setting.

War is said to be hell and all that and many times you are put in a situation where it's kill or be killed. That's more understandable, yes? You are out on patrol or troop movement and you encounter the enemy. You kill them before they kill you. It's almost like a grand scale battle of self-defense.

Now take strategic strikes. You are killing someone w/o being in any eminent self-danger. You just push a button and kill a person.

I'm not saying that these things don't need to be done and that war shouldn't have these types of things. That would be stupid and a sure way to lose. I'm just curious about what that does to a person. You aren't in the heat of the moment. You aren't in danger where it's a kill or be killed. You are calculatingly ending someone's life.

Of course any killing of a human does something to people (especially when it's something that you do over and over) but do different situations have a different effect on the human psyche?

07-02-2011, 02:48 PM	#1
thegamexpertsdotcom Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 435 Senior Member	The Ethics of Wartime Killing. I was thinking about this, today (my mind wanders), and I'm wondering what people think about it. Please don't be side-tracked about the current theaters and the politics involved. This is a generic combat setting. War is said to be hell and all that and many times you are put in a situation where it's kill or be killed. That's more understandable, yes? You are out on patrol or troop movement and you encounter the enemy. You kill them before they kill you. It's almost like a grand scale battle of self-defense. Now take strategic strikes. You are killing someone w/o being in any eminent self-danger. You just push a button and kill a person. I'm not saying that these things don't need to be done and that war shouldn't have these types of things. That would be stupid and a sure way to lose. I'm just curious about what that does to a person. You aren't in the heat of the moment. You aren't in danger where it's a kill or be killed. You are calculatingly ending someone's life. Of course any killing of a human does something to people (especially when it's something that you do over and over) but do different situations have a different effect on the human psyche?
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