elharo comments on Ethics Notes - Less Wrong

12 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 21 October 2008 09:57PM

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Comment author: elharo 06 April 2013 12:51:43PM 2 points [-]

Very few people disobey orders because they think they will be vindicated by events. It is far more common for people to disobey orders for purposes of personal gain or out of laziness, fear, or other considerations. The person, especially the soldier, who disobeys a direct order from recognized authority on either moral or tactical grounds is an uncommon scenario.