Hi Troufion,
One of the main concerns I have with much of the current debate on "ethics" is the conflation of "ethics" and "morality". While there is no general agreement on the differences (if any) between the two terms, I have always been in favour of one line of argument that defines ethics as "right action" defined by the laws of reality and "morality" as right action defined by a particular society or culture at a particular point in time.
T., you raise an excellent point about the reactions of other service people to seeing their friends killed in this manner. I would note, however, that this is exactly the type of reaction that these actions are designed to produce.
Marc
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