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I don't care how human anybody is, killing fellow humans, except to prevent the crime of others (police and military interventions in very specific cases) is no
by dorfsmay 10y ago
I don't care how human anybody is, killing fellow humans, except to prevent the crime of others (police and military interventions in very specific cases) is not OK. That line cannot be crossed.
That includes death penalty and political revolutions.
- peteretep 10y ago> is not OK Why not? We kill plenty of other living things. Why not people?
- dorfsmay 10y agoBecause you have to draw the line somewhere. Morale/ethics do change over time, but not killing people has been shown throughout history to be the bare minimum for a decent society, and an accepted standard today. We can discuss and expand on adding more species, kingdoms and domains, but humans are not up for discussion.
- peteretep 10y ago> to be the bare minimum > for a decent society So if a utilitarian-leaning society could show it was improved by killing people, you'd be fine with that?
- dorfsmay 10y agoI would not be fine with that, no, but then, I'm not fine either with killing other apes and other self-reflecting animals ; my standard vs modern society's accepted standard. However, in that hypothetical case you describe, it might be up for discussion. My point was that by modern standards, killing other humans is not ok, and not up for discussion.
- afarrell 10y agoI never claimed it was okay. I just said it was human.