(August 14, 2022 at 8:40 am)The Grand Nudger Wrote: Because someone else committing crimes is no reason for us to commit crimes, yes. Extrajudicial killings are an even lower category of deed than judicial killings, in this view.
The same act is not always at the same moral tier. The government may take my property, hopefully within certain limitations, but certainly without my consent. Taxes and so on are not (generally) considered a crime.
The government can also limit my liberty by incarcerating me-- again, whether I submit voluntarily or not. This is not a crime.
Okay, extrajudicial killings are a crime, but that doesn't make them intrinsically wrong. It may be a crime (or at least a sue-able offense) to injure someone while trying to rescue them from a burning car-- but I wouldn't consider that an immoral act.
