[Avodah] Milchemes Mitzvah vs Onshei Beis Din

[Lisa Liel via Avodah]

On 10/15/2015 1:16 AM, Micha Berger via Avodah wrote:
> RDS raises the issues that "the main damage is harming our moral norms",
> and many understand the Beris Shalom that HQBH cuts with Pinechas to be
> exactly that -- a guarantee against such damage. Certainly soldiers,
> and to a lesser extent even mohalim and shochetim, face this issue
> of being desensitized. And yet, in all those cases, it is outweighed.

WADR to RDS, I think his view is trumped by that of RSBY, which is 
brought down l'halakha in all the Rishonim, and is brought in two 
separate places in the Shulchan Aruch.  HaTov she'bagoyim (b'she'at 
milchamah) harog.  Period.

Lisa