(December 12, 2015 at 12:36 am)IATIA Wrote:(December 11, 2015 at 6:38 pm)Mr.wizard Wrote: Do you think killing in self defense is wrong? How about a soldier killing in battle? Or what if a police officer shoots and kills a criminal about to stab someone?
Yes, albeit the lesser of two evils depending, of course, on the circumstances. However, the point of this thread is subjective vs. objective morals. The line drawn between 'murder' and 'killing' is as subjective as one can get in an attempt to rationalize the morals of taking a life.
And where would free will fit in with objective morality?
I agree, that is the point I was driving at. Some people find different types of killing moral and some do not, therefore killing is not objectively immoral.