Question

To behave ethically on the battlefield we first must ________.

Answer 1

We must first define Ethical and Moral Standards for Warfare.


For thousands of years, War was seen as a means to an end, the winner takes all, and a social consequence where the winner is allowed to loot and murder.

However, Abrahamic religions such as Islam, brought the concept of a proper code of conduct for Soldiers and rules on how to interact with an Army that had lost a war.

Today, in our modern world, the United Nations has its own charter and a governing body which oversees what it calls War Crimes and crimes against humanity.

The UN has a perfect set of charter and code of conduct which define the moral conduct that needs to be followed by soldiers nowadays.

However, after the United States use of torture in Iraq without any international pressure, it seems like not many nations are still willing to accept a globally codified war code of conduct.