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Area of Science:

  • Military Ethics
  • Conflict Studies
  • Technology and Warfare

Background:

  • Ethical considerations are often disregarded in conflict zones.
  • Intrastate conflicts present unique challenges to ethical oversight.
  • Advancements in military technology can complicate ethical adherence.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To examine the circumvention of ethical injunctions in warfare.
  • To analyze the role of novel military technologies in ethical compromise.
  • To investigate the paradoxical use of ethics to prolong conflict.

Main Methods:

  • This is a perspective piece, relying on conceptual analysis and argumentation.
  • It synthesizes existing observations on ethical practices in military conflicts.
  • No empirical data collection was performed.

Main Results:

  • Ethical injunctions and oversight are frequently ignored or overridden in war settings.
  • The problem is particularly acute in intrastate conflicts.
  • New military technologies exacerbate the issue of ethical circumvention.
  • Ethics can be instrumentalized to promote or prolong warfare.

Conclusions:

  • There is a systemic issue with ethical adherence in contemporary warfare.
  • The intersection of intrastate conflict and advanced technology demands critical ethical re-evaluation.
  • The instrumentalization of ethics requires careful scrutiny to prevent misuse.