Weapon development contract - moral objection?

britboy4321

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Would you work, for good money, on a defence contract that is basically a weapons system that can only be used offensively?

Its basically inventing new ways to kill many people from helicopters. The company sells it's stuff abroad as well.

Would you have moral objection? Or 'who cares, show me the money'?
 
The way I see it, the system/device/weapon itself has no "offensive" nature, neither does designing or implementing such a system.

The offensiveness comes from the individual (or individuals) who's head it lies on to decide whether or not to use it. Up until the point that it is used, it is merely a psychological deterrent to the opposition.

I'd happily take the job, and the money.
 
You're going to throw your warrior ants out of helicopters?

Also i thought you worked with accounting style things when did you become an engineer?

But yeah i would the electrical and mechanical engineering in weapon systems is beautiful in it's efficiency, precision and robustness.
 
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Very straight forward answer, YES. Then I would turn my new creation on them and TAKE OVER THE WORLD! MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.......

Tefal said:
You're going to throw your warrior ants out of helicopters?

Also i thought you worked with accounting style things when did you become an engineer?
Click to expand...

Doesn't everyone know that britboy is omnipresent, he does everything, everywhere.

Thought it was common knowledge
 
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I wouldn't do it.

I'm not a pacifist, I accept the necessity of military force under certain circumstances. But just as I wouldn't choose to clean sewers for a living - as necessary as that is - I wouldn't have anything to with "defence" work either.
 
Yes I would. I also wouldn't start a thread in a busy forum about it due to it being a fairly specific field/product you've mentioned and someone from the company reading it.
 
Interesting question... I probably would. I don't feel great about myself knowing this, but I probably wouldn't even feel any guilt or even regularly think about what this thing I'm making will be used for.
 
if me not taking the job would result in the system being scrapped, I would possibly refuse, however as it going to be killing people weather you work there or not, I'd take the job and money....
 
Will you stop its deveopment if you dont sign up to help?

Will you have to fire the thing once its ready at live targets?

Take the money and do it, if its really good money you could hand some over to a war charity. Which would be better then ignoring it, that would help no one.
 
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