Why Do You Have a Right to Abstain From War?

Chrishna would say that, so long as our conduct is motivated by fear, on the one hand, or by desire, we are incapable of performing a truly moral action. This does seem to be orjune's objection. And this is why crishne says, in effect, your objection to slaying is a fear of slaying, a squeamishness to slay and because of this, you do not have a genuine objection to slaying. Wele the only reason why someone might start a war would be for fear of the other side starting it first. It is then fear, more than anything else, fear that the other fellow should send the bombs over first, is what starts