Originally posted by JimL
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Originally posted by JimL
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I'm not sure why this is so difficult to see. Now - if you ask, "can killing another human being ever be beneficial to society," NOW you are asking a question that does not contain its own answer (i.e., is not a tautology). I think we can find several instances where killing a particular human being may be seen as a benefit to society as a whole, but even then you will not get universal agreement. It will depend on who you ask, and some will see some killings as beneficial while others see those same killings as not. Some will debate you on when a person becomes human - and so forth.
Your striving for objective/absolutes in a world that does not contain them - at least not morally. I know a lot of people claim they exist - but no one has ever been able to demonstrate that - at least not to me.
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