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Home > Society & Culture > Philosophy   »   Why is it normally wrong to kill a person?

 
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Old May 29, 2007, 11:32 AM
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Why is it normally wrong to kill a person?

Is it simply a human convention?

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Old May 29, 2007, 11:35 AM   #2  
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It is wrong to want to end LIFE! It is right to want to protect it!

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It is as you stated, human nature. Taking someone elses life away is wrong.

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Why should the life of a person be considered more valuable than the life of an ape?
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Old May 29, 2007, 11:28 PM   #5  
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You still need to explain why it is wrong to take life. The fact that most people believe it is wrong does not mean it must be wrong. The majority are not always right!

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Startover22,

Why should the life of a person be considered more valuable than the life of an ape?
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no one is better than the other. killing except in selfdefense is morally wrong. you can't take someones life simply for the killing. because life is precious and no has the right to decide when someone has to die just becuase they want them too.

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I don't think it is more valuable, a moswuito maybe. I guess it is all personal opinion and i would have to say my opinion has to do with rules of the heart. There is something inside us that tells us it is wrong. What is your opions I am wondering why this is even a question that you would ask????? I can't seem to answer this how you want me to. I really think it is inside us to know it is wrong!!
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I agree with you. of course, but to base our conscience on feeling without bringing in reason seems unsatisfactory. The crunch comes when we have to decide, for example, if an unborn child has the same right to life as an adult.

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startover22 agrees: Just for the record I think an unborn child should be given life. (Not in all cases, like if the mother will die from being pregnant or delivering the baby)
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Oh jeeze, I guess i should just get off this post ASAP cause I don't think I can get into a debate about babies (if they are or aren't) Being that I have no REASON to base my feeling on, you are right it is a crunch, I don't like it! It makes me feel uneasy. There I go feeling again. Sheesh!
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