Workers must make the project at hand the first priority and not the dignity of the workers themselves. Individuals are required to subordinate human dignity for the sake of a product or process that may or may not dignify the human. Workers unwilling to cooperate in an enterprise of questionable value know that they can be replaced by other workers with similar skills and knowledge. Conclusions about their ultimate worth drawn from family or religious education are challenged at the most intimate level of their professional creative selves. The value of their paid labor is questionable because the worth of the self as worker is not clear.
Objections become even more dangerous to raise during wartime.
National as well as personal identity is at stake. In general, religious institutions support national goals, while unpopular radical minorities denounce national war efforts. Trusted elected leaders would not call the country to arms for an unworthy cause, the fearful ones reason. Patriotism requires temporary deferment of personal aspirations and ideologies. Job requirements intensify and become more focused on national security.