The World War II justification "just following orders" comes to mind without reading the article. How do you have a military structure that does not suppress morality?
The World War II justification "just following orders" comes to mind without reading the article. How do you have a military structure that does not suppress morality?
It seems that the servicemen in question did not suppress their morality, but more that it ran against a good-old-boy chain of command which was disinclined to stop a misbehaving member. It's...
But instead of launching an investigation that day, the troop commander and his senior enlisted aide — both longtime comrades of the accused platoon leader, Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher — warned the seven platoon members that speaking out could cost them and others their careers, according to the report.
It seems that the servicemen in question did not suppress their morality, but more that it ran against a good-old-boy chain of command which was disinclined to stop a misbehaving member. It's obviously a problem that they did not have a different avenue with which to convey what they had seen without incurring retribution.
The World War II justification "just following orders" comes to mind without reading the article. How do you have a military structure that does not suppress morality?
It seems that the servicemen in question did not suppress their morality, but more that it ran against a good-old-boy chain of command which was disinclined to stop a misbehaving member. It's obviously a problem that they did not have a different avenue with which to convey what they had seen without incurring retribution.