Ethics of Killing
The Ethics of Killing
22 April 2012
Table of Contents
Executive Summary 3 The Ethics of Killing 4 Introduction 4 The Act of Killing 4 Those Who can’t Kill 7 Those who Kill out of Greed 9 Killing for other reasons 10 Conclusion 11 References 12
The Ethics of Killing
Executive Summary
The following paper discusses the ethics of killing in many different forms. It looks at the moral and ethical dilemmas faced by soldiers on the battlefield over the centuries. Those who would kill others human beings and the ones that couldn’t kill anyone despite what was occurring around them. As well the other side of why people kill one another from personal greed to crimes of passion due to affairs. There is no ethical belief that condones killing yet it occurs all the time.
The Ethics of Killing
Introduction
Ethical dilemmas are faced everyday by human beings, but one of the most powerful ones to deal with is the killing of another human being. Somehow inadvertently though, mankind has not only evolved in the way that they can kill each other but brought into the spectrum continual advancements to make them better killers. How is it, that something that is considered so wrong can be performed daily around the world, do people not have any form of moral ethics or place any value on human life? Does killing for your country or out of duty make it not considered murder by the individual? The answer is ‘perhaps not’.
The Act of Killing
Killing is a violent act that mankind has seemingly mastered, the apparent lack of respect for human life does not seem to matter for some individuals. Humans have displayed over the centuries the ability to slaughter one another without regret or remorse. “[I]nterclan and interfactional fighting have flared up with little warning, and kidnapping, murder and other threats to foreigners occur unpredictably in many regions. Since 1991, an estimated 350,000 to 1,000,000 Somalis had died because of the conflict”.
22 April 2012
Table of Contents
Executive Summary 3 The Ethics of Killing 4 Introduction 4 The Act of Killing 4 Those Who can’t Kill 7 Those who Kill out of Greed 9 Killing for other reasons 10 Conclusion 11 References 12
The Ethics of Killing
Executive Summary
The following paper discusses the ethics of killing in many different forms. It looks at the moral and ethical dilemmas faced by soldiers on the battlefield over the centuries. Those who would kill others human beings and the ones that couldn’t kill anyone despite what was occurring around them. As well the other side of why people kill one another from personal greed to crimes of passion due to affairs. There is no ethical belief that condones killing yet it occurs all the time.
The Ethics of Killing
Introduction
Ethical dilemmas are faced everyday by human beings, but one of the most powerful ones to deal with is the killing of another human being. Somehow inadvertently though, mankind has not only evolved in the way that they can kill each other but brought into the spectrum continual advancements to make them better killers. How is it, that something that is considered so wrong can be performed daily around the world, do people not have any form of moral ethics or place any value on human life? Does killing for your country or out of duty make it not considered murder by the individual? The answer is ‘perhaps not’.
The Act of Killing
Killing is a violent act that mankind has seemingly mastered, the apparent lack of respect for human life does not seem to matter for some individuals. Humans have displayed over the centuries the ability to slaughter one another without regret or remorse. “[I]nterclan and interfactional fighting have flared up with little warning, and kidnapping, murder and other threats to foreigners occur unpredictably in many regions. Since 1991, an estimated 350,000 to 1,000,000 Somalis had died because of the conflict”.
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