It is training and doctrine that have stripped people of the power to reason to a moral conclusion on their own powers. They are forbidden to think, this is why they now exist on the same moral plane as abject animals.
From a Facebook comment to
this story about police shooting dogs, but it's applicable pretty much to all "Zero Tolerance" and other "RESPECT MAH AUTHORITAH!" B.S. foisted on us by our "
Civil Masters." The Book says "Do X," so that's what they do. They can't get in trouble for doing what the book says, and it's easier than thinking.