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I gave some examples of common use which contradict your claim. As for dictators, they are violating international law. Abortion is legal in the US (withing c

• aidenn0 9y ago
  Killing of armed combatants is considered justified, as is executions of people for capital offenses. Neither contradict my claim (though they don't contradict yours either). International law primarily regards the interactions between nations rather than the actions within a nation. It is debatable whether or not a nation that is non-signatory to a treaty has violated a law when they fail to abide by its precepts. I think most people would claim that murder is intrinsically wrong, and is not bad merely because it is contrary to some words on a piece of paper. People can disagree as to what is unjustified; one person might consider a death in an arranged duel to be murder, while another might consider it justified. Under the law of today it is unlawful, under many laws 200 years ago it would be lawful.