is it right to kill?
Is it right to kill?
Is it right to kill? This ethical question has been asked throughout time, I believe there is no straight forward answer for it, and this a debateable question as it can change according to the situation. Many people have different opinions and views on if killing is right or wrong. In this essay I will be explaining whether I believe if killing is right.
There are several groups of people who share different views on this question and make their decision on killing someone depending on rules, motives and consequence. There is one group who base their decisions on consequences, they are called utilitarian’s, they are a group of people that act in a way that brings about the most amount of happiness for the most amount of people. An example to show this is The Joker and Batman, should batman kill the Joker? From a utilitarian’s perspective, they would say yes kill The Joker because only one person is killed and it is saving more people and bringing happiness to them.
Another group is called absolutists; an absolutist would say no you should not kill The Joker because no matter what the moral rule should never be broken, the moral rule is you should never take the life of someone. Religious people may have the same beliefs as absolutists because they also follow rules, such as the Ten Commandments or because they believe God has given them rules. An absolutist might say ‘The Joker is a human and we should never take a human’s life’, referring to the Ten Commandments, a religious person is likely to agree. Non- religious are most likely to be utilitarian’s because religious people and absolutists believe it is bad to kill. There are pro’s and con’s in being a utilitarianism, the pro is because it brings the most happiness of more people in the end, but the con is you are still killing someone and in the end someone will die. For example there is a fire in a building, your sibling is on your left and 5 strangers are on your right, you can
Is it right to kill? This ethical question has been asked throughout time, I believe there is no straight forward answer for it, and this a debateable question as it can change according to the situation. Many people have different opinions and views on if killing is right or wrong. In this essay I will be explaining whether I believe if killing is right.
There are several groups of people who share different views on this question and make their decision on killing someone depending on rules, motives and consequence. There is one group who base their decisions on consequences, they are called utilitarian’s, they are a group of people that act in a way that brings about the most amount of happiness for the most amount of people. An example to show this is The Joker and Batman, should batman kill the Joker? From a utilitarian’s perspective, they would say yes kill The Joker because only one person is killed and it is saving more people and bringing happiness to them.
Another group is called absolutists; an absolutist would say no you should not kill The Joker because no matter what the moral rule should never be broken, the moral rule is you should never take the life of someone. Religious people may have the same beliefs as absolutists because they also follow rules, such as the Ten Commandments or because they believe God has given them rules. An absolutist might say ‘The Joker is a human and we should never take a human’s life’, referring to the Ten Commandments, a religious person is likely to agree. Non- religious are most likely to be utilitarian’s because religious people and absolutists believe it is bad to kill. There are pro’s and con’s in being a utilitarianism, the pro is because it brings the most happiness of more people in the end, but the con is you are still killing someone and in the end someone will die. For example there is a fire in a building, your sibling is on your left and 5 strangers are on your right, you can