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ANT 10000-13
30 January 2014
associations Code of Ethic, anthropologists are defined to not do any harm to the subjects that
they research. The collaboration between anthropologists and military operation violates this
Nowadays, the application of high level technology can be found in almost every aspect of
life, and national security is one of the most focused aspects. People toward the world without war.
However, sometimes, conflicts between countries cannot be solved, and war is inevitable to
practice justice. Therefore, reducing the destructions of war should be taken to be the most
important commission of the countries that are in the war, and enlisting anthropologists to use the
anthropology technique can be one of the best solutions. With the anthropologists knowledge
about people and cultures, they can help to devise a better strategy, such as understanding their
people, cultures, and countries might find out their conflicts to help solving and to lead to the peace
agreement between countries, so that the military operations do not have to use the army, except
for compulsive cases. In the way of using this safer weapon, the governments can protect many
of their soldieries from risking their lives and can save a lot of money putting in war to use in other
aspects. The anthropologists knowledge also gives them the power of using words and soft taking
to convince and pursue people. Once people understand each other, they do not have to kill many
of them, indeed it might create the harmony between countries and reduce the number of victims
in war. Every study is for purposes, and it is the thing that should be done if using the study to
serve good purposes. Anthropologists study anthropology to understand human and every aspect
that relates to human beings. Therefore, it is ethical for professional anthropologists to work in
combat operations when they can help reduce the destruction of war.