(December 8, 2017 at 1:27 pm)Hammy Wrote: I believe that self-defense that uses violence is immoral if you cause more suffering to the person who attacked you than the person who attacked you would have caused had you not defended yourself.
Let me play devil's advocate then. A woman is attacked by a rapist (who only intended to rape her--not kill her). She defends herself by shooting him in the head with a 38 special. Justified?