The Reluctant Mercenary: The Reluctant Mercenary: Vulnerability and the ‘Whores of War’ Authors Fraser, Ben1 (AUTHOR) benjamin.fraser@anu.edu.au Source Journal of Military Ethics. Sep2013, Vol. 12 Issue 3, p235-251. 17p. Document Type…
The Reluctant Mercenary: Vulnerability and the ‘Whores of War’
Mercenaries are the target of moral condemnation far more often than they are subject of moral concern. One attempt at morally condemning mercenaries proceeds by analogy with prostitutes; mercenaries are ‘the whores of war’. This analogy is unconvincing as a…