Can I ask another question here? Say you join the military (or become a policeman) for a less-than-noble reason. Especially if you are young, doesn't part of the training and lifestyle you lead teach you nobility? To an extent. Consider the high school kid who enlists because he wants to support his future family, pay for college, or whatever. Isn't a large part of who he is molded by his experience in whatever branch of service? Say this kid is thrown into the midst of conflict and forced to make decisions in life or death struggles. He's indoctrinated with a code of "honor" that the military holds very dear. That has to have some effect. Would that kid be more "noble" when he gets out (after four, six, or ten years, or even all the way to retirement at twenty) because of his life experience? Can wisdom make you a noble person?
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