RE: What IS good, and how do we determine it?
June 22, 2015 at 4:08 pm
(This post was last modified: June 22, 2015 at 4:09 pm by IATIA.)
(June 22, 2015 at 11:58 am)Catholic_Lady Wrote: While I believe that the objective act of killing a person outside of self defense is an inherently immoral action, I do believe that there are factors that play into a person's culpability. A person's culpability can be lessened, or completely eliminated.
So, "The devil made me do it" would remove culpability from one's actions?
Personally, drunk, high, insane, retarded, motivated, possessed, poor upbringing, religious, following the orders of same or whatever 'extenuating' circumstance there may be does not remove culpability for their action. They must be removed from society to protect same from further transgressions. Even "self-defense" is a two-edged sword as we only have circumstantial evidence and the 'word' of the survivor in a lot of cases.
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-- Homer Simpson
God has no place within these walls, just as facts have no place within organized religion.
-- Superintendent Chalmers
Science is like a blabbermouth who ruins a movie by telling you how it ends. There are some things we don't want to know. Important things.
-- Ned Flanders
Once something's been approved by the government, it's no longer immoral.
-- The Rev Lovejoy
