would it bother you that the work you do aids in deaths of innocent people (in addition to military casualties)? or would it be like any other job?
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Depends on the purpose of the war , is it defense or it is plain aggression?
If it is just plain aggression, I will not be a part of it anways.
Re: if your work is related to defense industry?
^ No nation would call its act as 'plain aggression'.
"Defense" is always quoted as a reason to go to war, at least these days.
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^ we can label it aggression or "defence" or whatever but it doesn't change the reality. Whenever there is an act of aggression there is defence in other side of equation. Each nation or group can claim to be defensive, but in reality there is only one.
What you propose? There shouldn't be any defence industry as it may result deaths of innocents?
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^ not proposing anything. Its just that if one gets an offer to work for the industry, would the fact that you might be contributing to death of innocent people bother you?
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^ Again it's a matter of opinion. why you are so certain that defence industry only contributes to death of civilians!
In peace time there are no civilian deaths caused by actions of military. There might be few cases but on bigger canves, those losses are nothing in comparision to possible mass civilian deaths and destruction in absense of these defence forces.
Pick any history book about civil wars resulted by WEAK/nonexitent defence forces and do a comparision.
^ not proposing anything. Its just that if one gets an offer to work for the industry, would the fact that you might be contributing to death of innocent people bother you?
Depends what you make. A Pakistani I went to univeristy with was developing new anti-aircraft missiles for the British. That's not exactly going to kill innocents since the only people flying in a warzone are military pilots.
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Let me ask a question. People who are in computer industry, did it ever bother them that the computer would be used Pentoagon to launch missiles or the people who work for Nutrition industry are worried that the energy drink they developed would be used by the soldiers on the field, giving them strength to kill some more people.
In this day and age, almost every single product or service that you are manufacturing is helping defense industry. If nothing then at least your tax dollars are used to fund wars. You just cannot avoid that unless you start living in a cave.
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^ TLK, in that way every sector would be related to every other sector of economy.
There is difference between being directly involved and indirectly involved e.g. some people avoid working for financial sector for religious purposes but they cannot altogether avoid the financial system we have in place today.
Different sectors have their own peculiarities (e.g. accounting is BORING) and I was just wondering about the defense one.
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i think it would be hard for someone whose views are anti-war to justify working in the defense sector. that is like a vegetarian by principle who works as a professional butcher. of course, most of us aren't that opinionated and live in the realm of practical compromises alongside this-gun-is-for-shooting-evil-people-only and my-kids-go-to-pvt-school.
would it bother you that the work you do aids in deaths of innocent people (in addition to military casualties)? or would it be like any other job?
i work on grants related to defense dept project's & darpa !