Say for example, a young woman was raped.  She thinks she knows who the person is who did it, goes to his house, and blows him to dust with a shotgun.  What if he didn't do it?  Sure, it may have been most likely that he did it, but if he didn't, she just killed an innocent man for something he didn't do.  This will also cause a lot of cases of being misused.  I don't like this person, so I made something up about how they assaulted me, as an excuse to kill them.  The legal system is nowhere near perfect, I will say that, but I do not see justifying murder when not in the context of self defense to be any better of a solution.

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I agree with this if we are talking about killing generally.  I would strike two of those categories if we are only talking about killing people.

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"It is the wrong question to ask, and therefore, as one  might expect, has
no right answer." - Hans von Campenhausen

This is the philosophy of my life.

Do you believe, for example, that Morality is objective or subjective?

If you think objective, then what is the source? (i.e God), and how can we know it?

If subjective morality, then matters of right and wrong are mere opinions, so the debate becomes very simple: Killing is wrong is you think it is wrong, right if you think it is right.

 

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The truth is what money can be made from a lie.

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Quote: from Elm at 5:34 pm on May 4, 2009

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The act of killing is amoral.  The reasoning behind the act could be moral, amoral, or immoral.

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I agree with this if we are talking about killing generally. I would strike two of those categories if we are only talking about killing people.

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I'll indulge the beleif that you would strike amoral and moral so I'll ask if a crazed person came to canabalize your newborn would the killing of that person be a moral amoral or immoral act?

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For the most part, I agree with "Themakingofagod". I do not think that under any circumstances should someone be killed by someone else. It happens all the time though, and it makes me disappointed. However, even though I believe that killing a person is wrong, I do not think that the punishment of the death penalty is any better, though that's another debate on it's own.

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So you believe nobody has the right to defend themselves or their loved ones from harm caused by an aggressor?

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I generally think that killing is wrong, but if the man's motive was to defend himself, and not kill the robber, then he's alright.

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Personally, I know that we don't live in an ideal society, and situations may occur in which there is no other choice, their life or yours.  However, I believe that this has to do with many of society's flaws in the current moment, and that these can be fixed with cooperation, and that violence simply spreads the problem.

So no, I don't think killing can ever be called right.

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"Say what you like about the tenets of National Socialism, Dude,
at least it's an ethos."
--Walter Sobchak

I have personally witnessed these type of people, They are far beyond rehabilitation and cannot live with other people without becoming a danger to them. What is the point in keeping them alive? What is the point of wasting resources to keep them alive? Just terminate them and they are no longer a problem.

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