mankind’s genetic makeup, and are quite different from the action of provoking war. When confronted with nature’s ultimatum during combat, one does not have time to assess the moral implications of his actions. On the battlefield there is a real and immediate threat to his life and that of his comrades. Regardless of why the war is being fought, at that precise point in time when opposing forces engage one another, soldiers on either side have no other motivation to kill other than their own personal safety and that of their countrymen. In nature, the motivation to fight and kill is the same. Lions fight and kill to protect themselves and their harem. Why not question the morality of lions, or any other species for that matter, in these situations? Because they have no moral values, they act only on the instinct to survive, as does man during combat. Consciousness, however, sets man and animal apart, otherwise we may still be living in the jungles among the other inhabitants of this planet. Feeling remorse, sorrow, guilt, and sympathy is the price of consciousness and evolution. Even so, considering the primitive and instinctual nature of warfare, why does mankind continue to experience these emotions with respect to casualties of war? One must conclude that the reasoning for war and the actual fighting of war are two distinct things. Whether or not people perceive the reasoning for war as a just cause, dictates how severe the casualties of war weigh on their conscience. Considering how undesirable these emotions are, it is not surprising that man has developed a loophole enabling him to justify his actions and relax his conscience. This loophole is morality.

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