is it ever right to kill?
Is it ever right to kill?
There is a lot of argument about whether it is ever right to kill anyone. What is killing? Well the dictionary definition is: to cause death/the act of causing death. But is that enough? Is there another type of killing? A type that is justifiable. For example if a person steals or puts you in mortal danger is it acceptable to take their life in return? But more importantly is it morally right?
Helene Moszkiewiez worked in the resistance during the holocaust. She was told that Gestapo chief Mueller had coffee every morning at a café outside him headquarters. She was told to eventually ‘impersonally kill’ him… and she did. This is why she was so famous. Gestapo chief Mueller had indirectly killed so many people so this is why she took his life. Some may say that she was right to kill him because even if it was indirect, he still killed so many people and taken their innocent lives. If he died, then not nearly as many lives would be taken by him.
In relation to abortion, for any reason what so ever, it may be right to kill. For example, if a lady was raped, it may be too traumatising to go through and maybe it’s better for the baby as well. This is because when the child grows up, it has to find out about its father so it will never feel right afterwards in the long term. Also the mother may never be able to love the child as much as she would’ve because its knowing it’s not with the man she wants it to be with and every time she looked at the child, she would remember the trauma that she went through.
Relative to self defence, for example if you were walking and you had been mugged of a lot of money or really anything valuable, would it be right to kill them in return? Some may say that it is right for revenge purposes and that something that may have been stolen could have very well been something very important in the victims life.
If a crime had been so terrible then is it necessarily right to kill the criminal? There are life
There is a lot of argument about whether it is ever right to kill anyone. What is killing? Well the dictionary definition is: to cause death/the act of causing death. But is that enough? Is there another type of killing? A type that is justifiable. For example if a person steals or puts you in mortal danger is it acceptable to take their life in return? But more importantly is it morally right?
Helene Moszkiewiez worked in the resistance during the holocaust. She was told that Gestapo chief Mueller had coffee every morning at a café outside him headquarters. She was told to eventually ‘impersonally kill’ him… and she did. This is why she was so famous. Gestapo chief Mueller had indirectly killed so many people so this is why she took his life. Some may say that she was right to kill him because even if it was indirect, he still killed so many people and taken their innocent lives. If he died, then not nearly as many lives would be taken by him.
In relation to abortion, for any reason what so ever, it may be right to kill. For example, if a lady was raped, it may be too traumatising to go through and maybe it’s better for the baby as well. This is because when the child grows up, it has to find out about its father so it will never feel right afterwards in the long term. Also the mother may never be able to love the child as much as she would’ve because its knowing it’s not with the man she wants it to be with and every time she looked at the child, she would remember the trauma that she went through.
Relative to self defence, for example if you were walking and you had been mugged of a lot of money or really anything valuable, would it be right to kill them in return? Some may say that it is right for revenge purposes and that something that may have been stolen could have very well been something very important in the victims life.
If a crime had been so terrible then is it necessarily right to kill the criminal? There are life