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Originally Posted by Streck-Fu
Is there not a better term for people that can rationalize killing when necessary according to a set of ethical standards that benefit a society?
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'Warrior'.
These studies are interesting and it's a worthy thing to study the mindset of those who kill as part of their job and lifestyle; but in the end they are classifying and studying what we have always known as the 'warrior class'; a class we as men trying our best to be part of it's legacy have idealized, admired, honored, and tried our best to carry on the traditions of.
A warrior doesn't
need a psychiatrist to explain why we fight, kill, cheerfully celebrate our (violent) victories and darkly lament our equally violent defeats and losses. A psychiatrist on the other hand needs a plethora of research, statistics, variables, etc. to even come close to fathoming a tiny amount of the mind of a warrior.
That's were these studies come in, it's impossible to completely explain if you are part of it and it's impossible to understand if you are not part of it.
DISCLAIMER: I am obviously not a QP but though we might be vastly different in many ways, we also share common bonds. This is something I would imagine is common amongst all those who go to war with the express duty to fight.