65/35 Split How much of U.S. Military is Without Conscience?

[llewellleo]

simply American bs

[fessway]

I think you're drawing a wrong conclusion from the social psych research. Milgram and others say that it's not the PERSON, it's the SITUATION. There are no evil people, no heroes; just plain old humans. Fix the situation, punish the situation-makers. I think the average soldier in the military is a pretty average human being.

[nomorenarcissism]

NO, ponerologists say THEY ARE BORN WITHOUT A CONSCIENCE. Morality must come from within the individual; when the person can't do this because he has no moral compass THEN society must have rules and punishments to keep the evil from taking over and/or creating crimes/wars

[garamri]

I wouldn't say that 65% of the population is immoral. It's just that most of us are willing to obey authority over standing up for our moral conscience. I suppose it depends on how you define a moral person.

But yeah. If we conducted the Milgram experiment on military personnel, I wouldn't be surprised to see a higher percentage of men willing to shock the learner more than 450 volts.

[ArcaneKarma]

Could one of you elaborate on exactly what was so immoral about this?

[nomorenarcissism]

read video description

[phreeolo]

so sad, welcome to the nintendo era!!!

[wingman552]

lol.

[BlacktailFA]

Well, THAT was certainly uninspiring. The internet is full of "I dare you to eat it" videos, but a new low has been reached when a US military serviceman --- a uniformed defender and representative of the United States of Amaerica --- videotapes himself eating candy taken from someone he killed. Long-expired candy, at that (and he STILL eats it?!).

Are these guys huffing Cosmoline, or are they just naturally stupid?

[nomorenarcissism]

This video shows that weak youth in our military lacking a CONSCIENCE should NOT be sent overseas to do sub-national conflicts. We need an older adult SNC stability corps.

[hancock0351]

LOL