A lot of them have student debt, multiple mortgages, multiple kids, a stay at home wife, and so on.
I don't pride myself of being a highly moral person, but even to me this seems pretty weak. I think I'm less shocked by "I don't care if I get people dead as long as I'm getting paid", than by "ordinarily I'm really concerned about the consequences of my actions, but since I got that extra mortgage I will get people killed if I have to". Somehow it seems the former is just imoral, whereas the latter is imoral and stupid.
But either way, these machines are being made and sold because the government demands it, and the workers provide it. Whether the workers are enthusiastic or not about doing it, well, they still show up to work, and the work still gets done.
If student loans, mortgages, health insurance, college tuition and so on weren't so expensive, then I think you'd have way less people queuing up to work for Raytheon.
PS: Go check out Raytheon's instagram. They seem to be prioritizing hiring kids straight out of college, who have an incentive to work for nearly any price. https://www.instagram.com/p/BiplewylpMp/?hl=en&taken-by=rayt...
Because he is just as immoral as the other guy, but he's dishonest about it.
The guy who just doesn't care as long as he gets his paycheck, I get him. His motives are clear. I can count on him to act in that manner.
The guy who rationalizes his decisions so he can sleep at night. He can do anything. He will come up with some story to make himself feel not so bad about what he does.