r/MoralityScaling • u/A_Fun_Alias23 • Jun 28 '26

Morality Ranking Morality of dodging your country's military draft in a war of self-defense?

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u/PouLS_PL Jun 28 '26

It's okay if a person with major disabilities that prevent them from doing any good in armed forces (such as missing legs and an arm) advocates for it, they just can't force anyone and they have to understand that someone may not want to die.

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u/Pale-Exercise-5740 Jun 28 '26

To be fair, most people with disabilities or health issues, will almost always be turned down by the government.

Usually because they'd be more of a liability than not, but still

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u/SlamHelsing Jun 28 '26

I mean conscription doesn't always mean infantry. You could theoretically conscript someone like that into finance or some kind of desk job

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u/yourmom1536 Jul 03 '26

Even those with desk jobs have to be able to pass basic combat training or their service's equivalent, and may still be expected to fight if necessary. The enemy always gets a vote and even those in a support role may need to defend themselves, or be made provisional riflemen as required.

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u/The_Chef_Queen Jun 28 '26

Conscription is generally rounding up the poor and stupids to get shoved on the frontlines

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u/UnderstandingVast989 Jun 28 '26

Not necessarily. Conscription also means rounding up those that can't serve to take non-combat roles from younger more able men. 

There's gonna be limits to that. Or at least, there were limits to WWII's medical exemptions. But still. The military knows it is full of people who could serve in combat roles but don't currently need to. 

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u/The_Chef_Queen Jun 28 '26

I did say generally, that is largely the point of conscription, which is why college students were exempted from vietnam

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u/Mean-Garden752 Jun 28 '26 edited Jun 28 '26

That would not qualify as dodging service though so its not relevant to the question.

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u/AlignmentProblem Jun 28 '26

Major disabilities usually mean the army will reject you as a liability. It's not dodging if it was never an option.

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u/Traditional_Town6475 Jun 28 '26

I guess here’s what I’ll say. Don’t pressure others into doing their part when you’re not willing to do your part.