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Moral justification for the execution of criminals of war?
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RE: Moral justification for the execution of criminals of war?
August 18, 2022 at 5:19 pm
(August 14, 2022 at 11:55 pm)bennyboy Wrote:
(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.

Taxes are part of the social contract you seem to laud elsewhere.

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RE: Moral justification for the execution of criminals of war? - by Thumpalumpacus - August 18, 2022 at 5:19 pm

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