Existential national threat arguably makes this right. I'm not saying that it is right even in Ukraine's case. If the idea is that your whole society will be destroyed, and you choose to leave and say "eh, let society die, hopefully someone else will take me in with their kindness and generosity", I can see the argument for conscription.
If Ukraine's government ruled for the sake of the country's philia (in the Aristotelian sense), then that might be a good argument. That would mean Ukraine had a cohesive society, where desertion in the face of crisis would be traitorous behavior-- to be dealt with accordingly.
When the government is corrupt (as Ukraine's is) and the ruling caste is of a different religion than the people (as Ukraine's is,) forced conscription starts to look like shoving unwilling citizens' bodies in harm's way for the sake of the ruling caste's agenda. Deserting a government that has arguably already betrayed it's people through gross malfeasance prior to the crisis isn't nearly as clear cut as the situation in the above paragraph.
Zelensky probably told them to.
Seriously dude, your bias against forcing men to fight is blinding you a bit here.
There is no argument that makes this right. I'm not sure what you are calling out here.
Existential national threat arguably makes this right. I'm not saying that it is right even in Ukraine's case. If the idea is that your whole society will be destroyed, and you choose to leave and say "eh, let society die, hopefully someone else will take me in with their kindness and generosity", I can see the argument for conscription.
If Ukraine's government ruled for the sake of the country's philia (in the Aristotelian sense), then that might be a good argument. That would mean Ukraine had a cohesive society, where desertion in the face of crisis would be traitorous behavior-- to be dealt with accordingly.
When the government is corrupt (as Ukraine's is) and the ruling caste is of a different religion than the people (as Ukraine's is,) forced conscription starts to look like shoving unwilling citizens' bodies in harm's way for the sake of the ruling caste's agenda. Deserting a government that has arguably already betrayed it's people through gross malfeasance prior to the crisis isn't nearly as clear cut as the situation in the above paragraph.