>a murder taboo is universal among human civilizations Using the word murder is cheating. Of course an "unlawful killing" is taboo, it's in the definition! Kil

>a murder taboo is universal among human civilizations Using the word murder is cheating. Of course an "unlawful killing" is taboo, it's in the definition! Killing humans is definitely not a universal taboo, just look at wars and those that support them. Since all ethical statements have an evaluative piece to them, we cannot say anything is universally taboo.