What if soldiers refused to fight?

If every soldier refused to fight, then the world would be taken over and dominated by groups and organizations that use non-soldiers in order to impose their will.

What happens if you refuse to fight in ww2?

Five hundred objectors were court-martialed – 17 received death sentences for refusing to fight. Although none of death sentences was carried out, almost 150 objectors were jailed for life, and others were harassed and beaten.

Can soldiers refuse to fight?

But where an order is not illegal, but appears ethically unjust from their perspective, soldiers have no right to refuse to carry it out. Soldiers must therefore follow the order to engage in direct combat in any conflict no matter how questionable its morality, so long as the order in question was legal.

What happens if you refuse to fight in the military?

Well, you go to jail. You report up the chain of command you intend to refuse to fight and the legal process takes effect, you are Court Martialled and then you go to military prison. You take the wage for the purpose of going to war, so when it happens, if you refuse you have effectively been committing fraud.

What happens if you go AWOL in the military without leave?

If drafted/enlisted and not yet deployed you can go AWOL…absent without leave which carries a more serious penalty. Finally if you refuse in a war zone you can receive serious (or even the death penalty) if you desert. In the first Gulf War there was a woman physician Dr. Huet-Vaughn who had been part of the army and then re-enlisted

What is Walzer’s position on violations in Jus in bello?

Further, Walzer holds combatants morally accountable for violations in jus in bello, for those who have no grounds to claim ignorance or duress. [15]

How does just war theory prevent soldiers from fighting?

Second, orthodox just war theory prevents soldiers’ refusal to fight on the grounds of jus ad bellum, effectively preserving their moral immunity, due to the notion of institutional commitment.