Just Following Orders Defense
Discussions center on whether 'just following orders' or 'superior orders' is a valid legal or moral excuse for unethical or illegal actions, frequently referencing Nuremberg trials, military law, and historical precedents.
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"just following orders" has been well established as no defense, and is more relevant than usual.
Reasonable men just follow orders.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superior_orders
"Just following orders" isn't a valid excuse. Following orders means you are still compliant in making those orders happen, I don't think it's more complicated than that.
"I was just following orders," is not an excuse with a precedent of being accepted.
"Just following orders"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superior_orders
So "just following orders"?
Even in the military, "I was just following orders," is not a defense for crimes committed. In the US military, you _must_ disobey orders if those orders are unlawful or a person of ordinary sense and understanding would know them to be unlawful. German soldiers had the same issue after WW2.
"I was just following orders", right? Turns out that's not a great defense anywhere in the world.
"Just following orders"... we've heard that before.
That sounds very much like the "just following" orders defence, also known as "Superior Orders". More details @ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superior_orders