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5 pages in length. Captain Rockwood experienced a collision between conscience and duty, a test of one's moral constitution from which no human can escape unscathed; if the issue at hand is so daunting as to erect such a pillar of doubt, while at the same time drive one to contemplate the validity of its importance over and above one's personal conflict, then there can be no question as to the legitimacy of hesitation. From childhood and throughout his learning years, Rockwood felt an entirely different calling than the one that expected him to carry forth the family's military tradition. Indeed, the humanitarian empathy in him exuded from the apex of his entire being; how, then, could a man who at one time trained to be a priest be expected to ignore the calling of blatant barbarity? Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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erect such a pillar of doubt, while at the same time drive one to contemplate the validity of its importance over and above ones personal conflict, then there can be
no question as to the legitimacy of hesitation. From childhood and throughout his learning years, Rockwood felt an entirely different calling than the one that expected him to carry
forth the familys military tradition. Indeed, the humanitarian empathy in him exuded from the apex of his entire being; how, then, could a man who at one time trained
to be a priest be expected to ignore the calling of blatant barbarity? "They let me see about 100 prisoners who were in pretty good shape...Then I spotted about
twenty-five prisoners who were jammed into a so-called infirmary. Nearly all were emaciated, with seven or eight lying on the stone floor" (Ensign, 1995, p. 14).
Analyzing the aspect of military ethics as they relate to Rockwoods defiant behavior leads one to examine more closely the apathetic reactions he received when he
attempted time and time again to go through the chain of command in order to have the penitentiary inspected for atrocities (Husarska, 1995). The weight of a mans conscience
can be unbearable, as was made quite obvious by Rockwoods entanglement with direct military orders on the one hand and the calling of his own humane agenda on the other.
"For Rockwood, the Armys passivity was intolerable" (Anonymous, 1999, p. 52). That he received absolutely no indication that his numerous pleas, arguments and complaints would produce any positive
results - or any results at all - caused him to believe that, as a moral and ethical being, his duty was not to a country that defied presidential instruction
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