2011-01-24, 05:02 PM
kanevaldier Wrote:If war = murder. Then why do servicemen not get punished for said murders. Probably because war does not = murder. Yes I mentioned the crusades, because it was relevant to the morality question, due to that being a religous war. As for the war on drugs and crime, yes there are moral issues there as well. Murder most deffinately fall into the war on drugs and crime.
Murder is defined as being unjustified intentional killing of a human being.
All societies say killing people is wrong - except when it is justified.
Depending on the society, justifications can easy ("he looked funny at my wife so I challenged him to a duel and won") or difficult (only in self defense and only if you can prove he would have killed you if you didn't kill him), but there always are some.
War justifies killing by saying it is done to protect the country or some lofty ideal.

