RE: Soldiers life threatened by his own side.
June 11, 2012 at 1:40 pm
(This post was last modified: June 11, 2012 at 1:47 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
"Surely" and "it seems to me"....meh, I'm gonna have to ask for a little more than that. It's illogical to consider the bacteria because in doing so your existence would be immoral? "I don't like the outcome therefore it is illogical"....I'm not sure that's how that works (but maybe I've misunderstood?). I'm asking you why "thinking beings" deserve moral consideration, or why non-thinking beings do not. It isn't up to me to provide the substance of your little assumption there, nor is it up to me to show you a thinking non-thinking thing in order to win some point.
Your personal morality sounds fine to me, but so does Apos bacteria sympathizing morality.
You know that leads me to an amusing little musing. Lets say that a very specific type of morality exists, that it's "true". That doesn't mean that any given creature is actually capable of meeting its requirements for a moral being, even if it were fully cognizant of those requirements,..does it?
Your personal morality sounds fine to me, but so does Apos bacteria sympathizing morality.
You know that leads me to an amusing little musing. Lets say that a very specific type of morality exists, that it's "true". That doesn't mean that any given creature is actually capable of meeting its requirements for a moral being, even if it were fully cognizant of those requirements,..does it?
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
