(June 21, 2014 at 2:59 am)Rhythm Wrote:(June 21, 2014 at 2:42 am)Heywood Wrote: If living is the only requirement to be able to be murdered then a fetus can be murdered.Unfortunately, "living" is not the only requirement, or else washing your hands would land you in the klink as a serial killer. You can see how this comparison (that you decided to make) might shine a dingy light on your position?
(there are other requirements as well, for a designation of murder, as a broad offense laws are nearly identical from the fed down. malice aforethought sort of stuff..what you're angling for is more likely to end up sounding like manslaughter)
Rhythm what elements must necessarily exist in something for us to say it is morally wrong to kill it?