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Quote by: sdbest  I think that is a good definition of murder.
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Does there need to be a reason? A first principle is one that is simply postulated as true.
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And, obviously, some murderers who know they have committed an "intentional, non-defensive killing" may not view what they did as wrong at all, which would seem to remove the universality component of this test principle.
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You misunderstand my use of "universality". It does not mean that all people
agree, merely that a given principle can be applied to all people.
Perhaps I should clarify. By "wrong" I mean "that which one should not do".
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I can accept an appeal to the majority, but if you can't, how and who is the "wrongness" of murder decided?
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There is nothing to decide. Either one holds the principle that murder is wrong or he does not.
- Rob