I can certainly understand not wanting to contribute in part to the demise of others, and it is in practice something I agree with wholeheartedly. I mostly wanted to point out that the underlying morality of my pacifism is not aimed at reducing my part in harming others per se, though that follows naturally as a consequence of the underlying aim which is to improve the quality of life for all by fostering exploration, introspection, sustainability, and communal resolution of conflict. I do not believe that death is bad of itself (e.g. I also believe in euthanasia, but it's sort of a "hurt" vs "harm" issue).
On the one hand, the majority of DoD projects are circumspect. On the other, the majority of technological advances which help in creating our (marginally more) enlightened modern world came from military technological research. I guess the question is what the likelihood is of me ending up on a portion of that spectrum which would not trouble my conscience.
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Date: 2006-12-08 12:08 pm (UTC)From:On the one hand, the majority of DoD projects are circumspect. On the other, the majority of technological advances which help in creating our (marginally more) enlightened modern world came from military technological research. I guess the question is what the likelihood is of me ending up on a portion of that spectrum which would not trouble my conscience.