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Re: So, we need a topic...Lets try this?

Posted By: Phil (static-64-65-138-250.mspcovdsl.eschelon.com)
Date: 6/2/2003 at 4:45 p.m.

In Response To: Re: So, we need a topic...Lets try this? (Seraph)

Problem with that is, murder is thus a -type- of killing...

Exactly. Murder is a specific type of killing. Killing itself is far more general and ambiguous.

Question, then.
Murder, as defined, is "wrong". What is it about killing in these certain circumstances that gives one the right to kill another?

Good question, and a difficult one to answer. Ultimately, I guess it's the sort of thing that would need to be judged on a case-by-case basis. In a case where a despot is committing crimes against humanity one could argue that the notion of saving numerous other lives gives one the right to kill said despot if necessary. In that case it's a simple matter of numbers. Numerous lives outweigh one life. In the case of the lame horse one would argue that you are ending the horse's suffering, even if you are ending its life. If suffering is wrong, then ending it must be right. This is also the concept behind "assisted suicide."

-Phil.

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