In the Soldiers of conscience documentary, Ryan and Weimberg talk about soldiers at war in Iraq. The soldiers are fighting with their conscience about the morality of killing fellow human beings. They are unwilling to kill because of the mental and emotional burdens that will follow up. When the soldiers are trained about killing during war, they study to make the decision fast without considering the actual moral act of killing a human being. Later at war it becomes malevolent deciding to kill.
A military regulation (crystallization of conscience) allows the soldiers to apply for conscientious objector status. Those who ...