Very sad. Given the Dems acquiescence, to the Obama administration specifically (remember HRC's lovely comment about what was going to happen to Qadaffi when we got through with him?), their opposition seems feeble.
True--incentives and esprit de corps does appear to easily overwhelm professional ethics. So, by extension, appealing to ethics must serve some purpose other than influencing behavior.
Can anyone point me to documented instances where the reverse has held? (Where ethics held against incentives and organizational culture.) The military, law enforcement and finance seem unlikely sources. Medicine maybe? Sciences?
Run Venezuela means to harvest the country of all is resources and leave when they're done a la Romney.
Exactly—and like the aliens wanted to do in Independence Day.
Very sad. Given the Dems acquiescence, to the Obama administration specifically (remember HRC's lovely comment about what was going to happen to Qadaffi when we got through with him?), their opposition seems feeble.
This underscores your point: https://www.facebook.com/corey.robin1/posts/pfbid0tP4BLWBdCpC8A6AZSH5gHci4q6w6m22Rff3sWRC2sE7PYDh61wnxaX4GuKhHubVjl
Mixture of Iraqi freedom and Panama Freedom all Bush crime family smears and lies mixed with their biggie 9. 11 FU Orange
So much for the "US military does not have to carry out illegal orders" gambit, eh?
They don't HAVE to carry them out, but you don't get medals or promotions by sitting out a battle—even an illegal one.
True--incentives and esprit de corps does appear to easily overwhelm professional ethics. So, by extension, appealing to ethics must serve some purpose other than influencing behavior.
Can anyone point me to documented instances where the reverse has held? (Where ethics held against incentives and organizational culture.) The military, law enforcement and finance seem unlikely sources. Medicine maybe? Sciences?