Problem of good and evil for an atheist

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You have still killed a baby. Kill Hitler when he was a baby would of been good BUT it is still evil. A baby is a baby, whether it grows to be Hitler or Gandhi killing a baby is evil, you are still choosing the lesser of two evils.

Why does killing = evil?

Surely it can be either just OR evil?

As in Adrian's example above, killing baby Hitler could be morally defensible. The only problem is our knowledge of all of the effects of our action. That is, if we're denying some good that may come about from the holocaust (washes mouth out) then our action wouldn't be morally 'pure' and in part evil.

Of course God doesn't have this issue because he knows everything, and therefore can judge.

Therefore: God killing = just

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