Objective morality

[Jackalope]

How do you reason that it is ever just to take life? Maybe we just reason the definition of just differently. I don't see how what you are saying defies a possible objective standard at all.

Doctrine of competing harms: Because to do stand by and do nothing to prevent another person from perpetrating an act of murder is to allow a greater evil to prevail.

That, in my view, is immoral. I recognize that a strong pacifist would disagree. I abhor violence, but I am no strong pacifist.

Edit: It defies an objective standard because one's position on this topic is going to be influenced by one's personal feelings and opinions (which is the very definition of subjectivity).