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It’s actually better translated ‘though shall not murder’ for the modern reader.

• JumpCrisscross 3y ago
  > better translated ‘though shall not murder’ for the modern reader Which cleverly punts the problem to the language centre of the brain, which gets to decide whether a particular killing was a good kill (execution, enemy combatant) or bad (murder).
  • mensetmanusman 3y ago
    It does for a reader, but reading wasn’t common ~4K years ago when it was written. These are communal truths verified through generations of dialog and discussion.
    • edflsafoiewq 3y ago
      Yeah, which is a totally different epistemological view than the OP's, where ethics is basically math.
    • JumpCrisscross 3y ago
      > does for a reader, but reading wasn’t common ~4K years ago when it was written The point is murder is defined as bad killing. That doesn’t help us define what “bad” means. (Or whether a particular killing is bad.) It leaves it to context. Depending on your perspective, that’s either useless or savvy.