Some questions regarding war, warriors, the military, and support for it all:
- At what point does a soldier become a hero?
- Are any soldiers (of one's own military) not heros?
- Can you be a hero if you're on the "wrong" side (a hero in the eyes of the enemy while remaining an enemy)?
- Are all heros equally heroic?
- Are all villains equally evil?
- At what point is a war unjust?
- Can a originally just war become unjust?
- If so, how does this change the status of those fighting in it (on both sides) and their supporters?
- At what point do participants in an unjust war or those using unjust tactics or those engaging in unjust operations bear responsibility for their actions?
- Are any or all acts unjust if done in support of evil and just if done in support of good?
- Are any or all acts unjust if done in support of the enemy and just if done in support of one's own side?
- At what point is a soldier responsible for the moral/ethical intentions or de facto results of the soldier's own actions or the actions of the soldier's own side?
- Same question but replace "soldier" with "citizen" and then also "government official".
- Is it ever justified or morally required that a soldier actively switch sides in a conflict?
- Again, same question but replace "soldier" with "citizen" and then also "government official".
- Can a soldier be held morally culpable for failing to abstain from fighting or for failing to switch sides?
- If so, under what conditions?
- Yet again, same questions but replace "soldier" with "citizen" and then also "government official".
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