Wartime ethics is weird

The ethical principles that most people hold—and hold most strongly—go completely out the window when it comes to war. Normal time: Killing is bad. In fact it’s pretty much the worst thing you can do. Wartime: Killing is great! Kill as many people as you can! If you’re really good at killing, you get a medal! (Just so long as you kill the right people.) Normal time: Slavery is a blight upon…