The Ethics of Biologically Enhancing Soldiers

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Matthew Bayles crosses a canal during a patrol around the villages of Sre Kala and Paygel in Helmand province, Afghanistan, Feb. 17, 2012. Bayles is assigned to Alpha Company, 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Alfred V. Lopez

More Than Human? The Ethics of Biologically Enhancing Soldiers -- Dr. Patrick Lin, The Atlantic

Our ability to "upgrade" the bodies of soldiers through drugs, implants, and exoskeletons may be upending the ethical norms of war as we've understood them.

If we can engineer a soldier who can resist torture, would it still be wrong to torture this person with the usual methods? Starvation and sleep deprivation won't affect a super-soldier who doesn't need to sleep or eat. Beatings and electric shocks won't break someone who can't feel pain or fear like we do. This isn't a comic-book story, but plausible scenarios based on actual military projects today.

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My Comment: If you believe that this is the future of war .... then this article for you.