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Old 11-29-2005, 09:56 PM
sweetjazz sweetjazz is offline
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Default Re: The Value of Human Life (a poll for BigSooner)

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I can not justify taking someone else's life even if it means letting someone I love die.

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I can justify taking someone else's life... even if no loved one's are involved: self-defense, euthanasia.

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Fair enough: I think good arguments can be made for killing someone in the two examples listed. Can you give a justification for killing someone who (1) hasn't infringed on your rights at all and (2) hasn't consented to your taking their life?

I don't think you have offered an example which refutes the previous poster's claim: that it is not moral to kill someone based solely on utilitarian calculations of what is best for society.
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