PHIL 209J Lecture Notes - Fetus, Pedophilia, Sentience
23 Feb 2014
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I wonder if what you believe in makes killing less or more wrong. I wonder if it can be based on religion. You are acting in what you believe is the correct path. But perhaps that makes it more wrong, because other people who do not share your beliefs look at you and see someone brainwashed by a philosophy that lets them rationalize killing. It is influenced by many people"s beliefs and religions. Narrow terrorism is always wrong, because it kills civilians. Narrow terrorism is different than war-- they both have goals, and could have just causes, but there are at least some rules of war. War doesn"t really focus on killing civilians who have nothing to do with the conflict. Terrorism is meant to scare the people and that"s it, and they aren"t the ones who are signed up for combat or making governmental decisions. So why is suicide wrong: because it hurts the people around them.
