Is there a principled distinction between suicide-bombing and falling on a grenade to save your squad?
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Replying to @KevinSimler
@KevinSimler is this a reductio ad absurdum of behaviorism?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @hamandcheese
@hamandcheese actually (at the risk of betraying the weird headspace I'm in), it's an earnest question.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @KevinSimler
@hamandcheese Related: suicide bombing vs. volunteering for war.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @KevinSimler
@KevinSimler To give an earnest answer, the solider is acting to save lives, the terrorist to destroy lives.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @hamandcheese
@hamandcheese Yeah, my bad. My follow-up Q also asked to distinguish suicide bombing from volunteering for war. A: targeting civilians?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @KevinSimler
@KevinSimler Suicide bombing is specifically a kind of kamikaze strategy. Commanders try to keep their soldiers alive when possible.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@hamandcheese "When possible" seems pretty weak. Generals often send units on what are effectively suicide missions.
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