Unconventional Warfare

[Steezie]

Is engaging in Unconventional Warfare immoral?

 

[Avatar]

Depends on the methods employed, I suppose. Releasing bioagents would be immoral. Using computer technology to shut down an enemies power grid, probably not.

 

[Steezie]

Depends on the methods employed, I suppose. Releasing bioagents would be immoral. Using computer technology to shut down an enemies power grid, probably not.

What about a bioagent that simply made enemy combatants sick or unable to fight without long-term or perminant dammage and without endangering thier lives?

 

[Avatar]

What about a bioagent that simply made enemy combatants sick or unable to fight without long-term or perminant dammage and without endangering thier lives?

I've never heard of such a bioagent, but I guess that would be preferable to slaughtering them.

 

[justanobserver]

Unconventional Warfare
Is engaging in Unconventional Warfare immoral?

nope. unconventional warfare in itself is not immoral - what one does and how one fights in it can be immoral depending on what he/she does, same as in conventional warfare.

 

[tocis]

This depends on many things, for example on who's fighting whom.
Somehow I think there aren't many out there who would have called the French Maquis evil/sinful/whatever for fighting the nazi occupants of their homeland with unconventional methods...

 

[quatona]

The line of morality is not between conventional or unconventional weapons, but between: Is it us who uses these weapons or is it the others?

 

[Uphill Battle]

funny.... I would think that the morality of the conflict itself would have to be examined long before worrying if the methods are moral.

 

[The Nihilist]

Is anything about war ever moral? You may want to say it's necessary, but moral?

 

[MoonlessNight]

Is anything about war ever moral? You may want to say it's necessary, but moral?

Why would it be necessary if it were not moral?

 

[Uphill Battle]

Is anything about war ever moral? You may want to say it's necessary, but moral?

Well, most Christians believe in a moral right and wrong. so yes, a war may be Morally correct. Would you say the allies in WW2 were morally correct in stopping the Nazis?

 

[PROPAIN]

Using biological weapons is not unconventional warfare. UW is using special forces for the cause of training men, such as the South Viatnamese, to be able to defend their own land and using guerilla tactics.

 

[elman]

The line of morality is not between conventional or unconventional weapons, but between: Is it us who uses these weapons or is it the others?

An untrue allegation. Suicide bombers in a market place by us would still be immoral.

 

[MoonlessNight]

Using biological weapons is not unconventional warfare. UW is using special forces for the cause of training men, such as the South Viatnamese, to be able to defend their own land and using guerilla tactics.

Unconventional warfare is warfare that is conducted under the generally accepted norms of warfare.

Note that by this definition it does change over time. Modern warfare would be highly unconventional when compared to Napoleanic warfare, for example.

But today I think some specific examples of unconventional warfare would be:

Unconventional Tactics (Guerilla Warfare, Information Warfare)
Unconventional Weapons (Chemical, Biological and Weapons of Mass Destruction)
Unconventional Targets (Terrorism in general, I think that Carpet Bombing would probably be considered unconvetional today)

Thus it is pretty difficult to support or condemn all types of unconventional warfare, it's a pretty vague and comprehensive field.

 

[Uphill Battle]

Unconventional warfare is warfare that is conducted under the generally accepted norms of warfare.

Note that by this definition it does change over time. Modern warfare would be highly unconventional when compared to Napoleanic warfare, for example.

But today I think some specific examples of unconventional warfare would be:

Unconventional Tactics (Guerilla Warfare, Information Warfare)
Unconventional Weapons (Chemical, Biological and Weapons of Mass Destruction)
Unconventional Targets (Terrorism in general, I think that Carpet Bombing would probably be considered unconvetional today)

Thus it is pretty difficult to support or condemn all types of unconventional warfare, it's a pretty vague and comprehensive field.

thus leaving any of the governments the out to do whatever it is they think is right, moral or immoral.

 

[quatona]

An untrue allegation. Suicide bombers in a market place by us would still be immoral.

But ordinary bombers aren´t, or what?
So it´s the suicide part that´s immoral?

 

[elman]

But ordinary bombers aren´t, or what?
So it´s the suicide part that´s immoral?

No the immoral part is killing people just to be killing.

 

[DailyBlessings]

Warfare is immoral in the first place, but I don't see how "unconventional" warfare would be any worse- the conventional version is pretty nasty to begin. When war was invented, it meant sweeping in and torturing and killing everyone who was not like you. It has not improved much with age.

 

[quatona]

No the immoral part is killing people just to be killing.

Ah, the mind and intention reader strikes again. It must be very convenient to assume certain motives on part of those that one would like to picture as evil and unloving.

 

[Uphill Battle]

Warfare is immoral in the first place, but I don't see how "unconventional" warfare would be any worse- the conventional version is pretty nasty to begin. When war was invented, it meant sweeping in and torturing and killing everyone who was not like you. It has not improved much with age.

so again I ask, were the Allies in WWII immoral for waging war against the Nazi's? Lets not break it down to individual acts, as your statement is that all war is immoral... is that necessarily true?