Why Military Conditioning Violates the Human Dignity of Soldiers

IF 0.9 Q3 ETHICS
Regina Sibylle Surber
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Abstract This article argues that military conditioning (MC) systematically violates the human dignity of soldiers. The argument relies on an absolute deontologist account of human dignity understood as a claim-right to live in self-respect, which is a right to decide on one’s own behalf about, and to be in control of, essential aspects of one’s own life. The article claims that MC violates soldiers’ dignity so understood because the largely automatic physical killing reflex that MC instills aims to remove their freedom of choice to kill or not to kill, while the MC practices that rationalize the killing of opponents aim to subvert soldiers’ moral deliberation in relation to this behavior. MC thus aims to take away soldiers’ control over a very essential aspect of human life: the decision whether to take life in war. Thereby, MC systematically violates their human dignity. The article concludes with a proposal for an amendment to international law that would allow legal institutions to do more justice to soldiers’ dignity.
为什么军事训练侵犯了士兵的人格尊严?
摘要 本文认为,军事调理系统地侵犯了士兵的人格尊严。该论点依据的是绝对道义论者对人的尊严的论述,人的尊严被理解为自尊生活的权利,即代表自己决定并控制自己生活的重要方面的权利。文章称,军事指挥部侵犯了士兵的尊严,因为军事指挥部灌输的基本上是自动的身体杀人反射,其目的是剥夺士兵选择杀或不杀的自由,而军事指挥部将杀害对手合理化的做法,其目的是颠覆士兵对这一行为的道德思考。因此,军事指挥的目的是剥夺士兵对人类生活一个非常重要方面的控制权:即决定是否在战争中夺取生命。因此,军事指挥部系统地侵犯了他们的人格尊严。文章最后建议修订国际法,使法律机构能够更加公正地维护士兵的尊严。
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Moral Philosophy and Politics
Moral Philosophy and Politics Arts and Humanities-Philosophy
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