People's bias toward sacrificing unknown bystanders appears to stem from assuming the unidentified person is an enemy, according to a study published October 23, 2024, in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Scott Danielson from the University of Canterbury, New Zealand, and colleagues.
Weird how our military war machine makes people think that. Labeling human beings as “collateral damage” is not dehumanising at all. Everyone who does in war is a hero or a terrorist, right? (/S)