translate English to French: In fact De George makes this his second principle — respond to the unethical opponent by using moral imagination.25 This means the commander, or for that matter any military person, faced with unethical attacks must use his or her imagination to meet these actions with an ethical response.
Il aurait été immoral pour les alliés de prendre les civils irakiens en otage après que Saddam Hussein eût pris des ressortissants étrangers en Iraq, lors de la guerre du Golfe.