ABSTRACT
This chapter argues to develop the moral sensitivity of members of the military, although the fact that they may be called upon to kill or maim enemy combatants places legitimate restrictions on the extent to which we should do so. It examines the primary methods the military uses to restrict the moral sensitivity of its members-authority, stereotypes, and roles-and argues that the only legitimate method is based on roles. Each of these methods is highly effective and restrict moral sensitivity through dehumanization, they stop individuals from seeing either others or themselves as human beings, and thus from responding to others in normal morally sensitive ways. In order to evaluate the legitimacy of these three methods, the chapter examines what it means to display moral sensitivity toward another person and why moral sensitivity is morally required under normal circumstances. The most legitimate restriction on moral sensitivity is based on roles.
