Philosophy 1305F/G Study Guide - Final Guide: Mens Rea, Extramarital Sex
8 Mar 2013
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Jones is walking down the street, smith shoots at him, jones is allowed to shoot and kill: legitimate b/c of self-defense. Jones"s life was under direct + immediate threat. If smith was being coerced/ encouraged : still legit for jones to fire at smith (immediate threat, people encouraging smith cannot be killed. Encouragers are morally culpable (should be punished: would be killed in revenge, not self-defense. Only people who pose immediate/ direct threats are liable to be killed. Principle of self-defense only justifies killing combatants. Nations can exact punishment during war, but cannot kill non-combatants. Punishment does not allow killing innocent people. Cannot attack defending nations unless they discover a perfectly discriminatory attack method (ie. controllable missile) Since nations cannot kill solely for punishment, they can only claim to attack under self-defense. In an on-going war, non-combatants and combatants may be killed. Jones should kill morally guilty encouragers if that would remove the threat to his life.
