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The SomerZ Summer, yay! Level: 45  Posts: 624/862 EXP: 618182 For next: 41982 Since: 03-15-04 From: Norway Since last post: 2 days Last activity: 3 hours |
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| Zarathud, killing a person in the scenario you presented would probably be what I would do (given that I would have a gun, and the knowledge of how to use it, neither of which I actually have). However, this would be an action based on emotion and self-defence, not on rationalism and morals. In a life-threatening situation, people tend to forget reason and forget their morals. The reasonable (from my moral persepective) thing to do would be to try to neutralize the shooter, without actually killing him. However, the scenario presents a situation where emotions take control, and morals and reason are forgotten. If this person were to be aprehended, though, he would no longer pose a threat, and thus one should again be able to think morally and reasonably, and not sentence the person to death. Oh, and Capital Z, damnit.   Originally posted by Zarathud ... and thank you, though it is a little late, I have been studying different philosophical directions for quite some time now.  |
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alte Hexe Star Mario I dreamed I saw Joe Hill last night Alive as you and me "But Joe you're ten years dead!" "I never died" said he "I never died!" said he Level: 99  Posts: 2483/5458 EXP: 9854489 For next: 145511 Since: 03-15-04 From: ... Since last post: 2 hours Last activity: 2 hours |
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Originally posted by Samur4iX What exactly are you trying to say here? |
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Grey the Stampede Don't mess with powers you don't understand. And yes. That means donuts. Level: 82  Posts: 1562/3770 EXP: 5192909 For next: 16318 Since: 06-17-04 From: Kingston, RI, USA, Earth Since last post: 2 hours Last activity: 1 hour |
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| I believe he's trying to say that often a killer's motivations come from outside, and that the killer is not responsible for actions influenced by his environment. On a totally different note, one has to take into account a killer's psyche when they are apprehended. I say we find out his motivations for the killing, his history, his environment, and every possible factor that contributed to his hatred of life (including things that may seem irrelevant, such as who his third grade math teacher was or something like that, psychoanalysis can take the smallest details and work them toward the largest consequences), and based on that, give him the choice of living a life in prison or dying a death that he may or may not want. This goes both for and against the proposition that financial status has to do with murder. The view that someone should die because they killed is an eye-for-eye view of the world. I believe everyone's life has a different worth, and that losing one's life does not justify losing another person's. It's just primitive to assign a set value to everyone's life. |
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Ramadan Roy Like Like ...Or you'll be wearing your ass for a hat. Renowned Otaku Level: 44 Posts: 491/816 EXP: 569705 For next: 41580 Since: 03-15-04 Since last post: 13 hours Last activity: 7 hours |
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| Personally, I believe that the best consequence for someone who has done wrong is not physical punishment equivalent to the crime, but for them to correct themselves. This applies also to the death penalty. I think that people who have commited crimes "evil" enough to be executed should be placed in prison instead, so they at least have the chance to repent, even if they may not ever leave jail. |
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