1. First Epistle on Militarian Ethics
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2-20-2024
From the Mountain
My Fellow Californians,
It is now of the occasion that I must delineate the ethical foundation that supports the institution of the Legion. The ethical school of Legiondom is Militarian ethics, a portmanteau of militarism and utilitarian ethics. Militarian ethics branches from utilitarian ethics at the junction of act utilitarianism and rule utilitarianism. It is insufficient to stand as its own category and exists primarily as an applied ethical system in the context of pragmatic societywide military action. It is defined by the ethical consideration of strategic and tactical principles. Strategic principles would refer to positions that are long-term, protracted, and planning-based. Tactical principles would be immediate, short-term, and reaction based.
Militarian ethics can be summarized with the statement that people do what’s in their best interest to minimize tactical losses, and maximize strategic victories. In militarian ethics, good and bad are substituted with victory and defeat or wins and losses.