Ethics In A Time Of War

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Ethics in a time of war: Atrocity or just war?

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Visual and topic points that accompany four ethical issues related to the Vietnam War.

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Ethics in a time of war: Atrocity or just war?

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Napalm, Agent Orange, and others

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My Lai Massacre

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Operation Phoenix

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Phoenix:

• 1967—1972

• Identify and neutralize the civilian infrastructure of the National Liberation Front…70,000—100,000

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Results:

• 81,740 neutralized; 26,369 killed

• Effective or unethical?

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Tiger Force

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Tiger Force:

• 45 paratroopers

• Mission: “out-guerilla the guerillas”