Editing Conscription (section)

===Political and moral motives===
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[[File:Conscription in Iran 3.jpg|thumb|left|[[Conscription in Iran]]]]

[[Classical republicanism|Classical republicans]] promoted conscription as a tool for maintaining [[Civil control of the military#Composition of the military|civilian control of the military]], thereby preventing usurpation by a select class of [[warrior]]s or [[Mercenary|mercenaries]]. [[Jean Jacques Rousseau]] argued vehemently against professional armies since he believed that it was the right and privilege of every citizen to participate to the defense of the whole society and that it was a mark of moral decline to leave the business to professionals. He based his belief upon the development of the [[Roman Republic]], which came to an end at the same time as the [[Roman Army]] changed from a conscript to a professional force.<ref>[[s:The Social Contract|Rousseau, J-J. Social Contract.]] Chapter "The Roman Comitia"</ref> Similarly, [[Aristotle]] linked the division of armed service among the populace intimately with the political order of the state.<ref>[[s:Politics (Aristotle)/Book 6|Aristotle, Politics, Book 6]] Chapter VII and [[s:Politics (Aristotle)/Book 4|Book 4]] Chapter XIII.</ref> [[Niccolò Machiavelli]] argued strongly for conscription<ref>{{Cite book|title=Machiavelli, Marketing and Management|first1=Phil|last1=Harris|first2=Andrew |last2=Lock |first3=Patricia |last3=Rees |publisher=Routledge |year=2002 |isbn=9781134605682 |pages=10}}</ref> in ''[[The Prince]]'' and ''[[The Art of War (Machiavelli book)|The Art of War]]'' and saw the professional armies, made up of mercenary units, as the cause of the failure of societal unity in Italy.<ref name="ozio">{{cite journal |last1=Dolman |first1=Everett Carl |title=Obligation and the Citizen-Soldier: Machiavellian Virtú Versus Hobbesian Order |journal=Journal of Political & Military Sociology |date=1995 |volume=23 |issue=2 |page=195 |jstor=45294067 |issn=0047-2697}}</ref>

Other proponents, such as [[William James]], consider both mandatory military and [[national service]] as ways of instilling maturity in young adults.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.constitution.org/wj/meow.htm |title=The Moral Equivalent of War |first=William |last=James |year=1906 |access-date=2008-10-17 |archive-date=2020-05-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200526203149/https://www.constitution.org/wj/meow.htm }}</ref> Some proponents, such as [[Jonathan Alter]] and [[Mickey Kaus]], support a draft in order to reinforce social equality, create social consciousness, break down class divisions and allow young adults to immerse themselves in public enterprise.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.newsweek.com/1995/07/30/cop-out-on-class.html |title=Cop Out on Class |first=Jonathan |last=Alter |newspaper=Newsweek}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2010/03/12/interview_with_mickey_kaus_104743.html |title=Interview with Mickey Kaus |publisher=realclearpolitics.com }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.reason.com/archives/1995/10/01/overcoming-merit |title=Overcoming Merit |first=Virginia |last=Postrel |date=October 1995 |author-link=Virginia Postrel }}</ref> This justification forms the basis of Israel's [[The People's Army Model|People's Army Model]]. [[Charles Rangel]] called for the reinstatement of the draft during the [[Iraq War]] not because he seriously expected it to be adopted but to stress how the socioeconomic restratification meant that very few children of upper-class Americans served in the all-volunteer American armed forces.<ref>{{Cite magazine|title=Rangel: It's Time for a War Tax and a Reinstated Draft|url=https://time.com/3403976/rangel-draft-tax/|access-date=2021-09-30|magazine=Time|language=en}}</ref>
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