We need no higher standard

Recently, I was looking at a website of a particular brand of knife. If you know knives you will know who I mean when I say that they are famous in the worst places. I saw a link on the site and clicked on it and found another rather interesting site. It was not peddling another product or talking about training, but it was a sort of club. It would appear that the members of this interesting little club would think of themselves as modern day nights. I will not comment on whether or not one should do this, though I do think that little point would be interesting to explore in the future, rather, I want to explore another concept put forth on the site. The concept was the following:

Those who seek to do good and who also have a set of skills that are particularly dangerous are to be held to a higher code of conduct.

On the surface I agree, but that is like saying you only like the icing of the cake and don't care for the cake itself. Let us examine the cake though. In implication that may be inferred from this is that those who do not meet the two given requirements do not need to be held to a higher code of conduct. Should this be the case? Should those who seek to do good, but do not have a skill set that is particularly dangerous be held to a lesser standard? Or should those who have a dangerous skill set, but do not seek to do good be held to a code of lesser ethical behavior?
 
Obviously, this cannot be the case. I think that the statement can be refined to a point where it is valid and accurate. Before I continue further it should be noted that the statement above is not a direct quote. It is the best single sentence that I could use to summarize the concept put forth. I think that all should be held to the same code of conduct. We, in point of fact, are. We will be judged by it after we die. I think that the statement may be altered by eliminating this truely odd implication(though it is one that has been in the circles of warriors for centuries).  I think that perhaps it should read in stead that those who possess this intent and skill should be held to a stricter code of conduct. Not higher, but more rigid. Why? The rules governing these should be more unyielding because of the two formerly stated characteristics. They seek to do good. This being the case these must always take into account that even the smallest of actions can have terrible consequences. Thus those who seek to avoid this should do well to hold themselves to a stricter discipline.

Those who possess the ability to kill or maim with ease should also be held to stricter discipline for the very apparent and obvious reason that they are able to do much damage with little and even unintended effort. When the to previously mentioned characteristics have come to fruition in a single individual stricter discipline is required. Desire is a thing easily lost. Even the desire to do what is right can be lost. Having a stricter code of discipline may help to prevent this.  If one were to assemble a unit of soldiers who have these two characteristics only to see the aforementioned desire lost we would have something all together different. We would have a group of, what would accurately be called, monsters.

I will go so far even to admit that i have personal experience with this. I have the desire to do the right thing. I also possess the skills and know how required to kill. Neither of these is hard to come by. I also feel the constant pull and tug to altogether forget God and forget family and what is needed. The temptation has been there for sometime now and I think that it may always be there. This is just a point to show that such a rigid structure of discipline is needed.

We need no higher code of conduct. What we are in need of is a higher code of discipline.