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impertinence said:

Where is the justification for punishing murder if the moral merit of the act is merly subjective? Keep in mind that we are talking about murder, not homocide.

Two things

 

1) You assume a justification for punishing murder, that is a human construct (animals don't get together and try to punsh the alpha male that decided to kill off another for instance)

2) The definition of murder as opposed to homocide is also subjective, this is one set of definitions I found:

mur·der
 [ múrdər ]
  1. crime of killing somebody: the crime of killing another person deliberately and not in self-defense or with any other extenuating circumstance recognized by law
  2. something difficult or unpleasant: something that is very difficult or unpleasant and involves great effort or hardship
  3. kill somebody illegally: to kill another person deliberately and not in self-defense or with any other extenuating circumstance recognized by law
I can see lots of wiggle room there unfortunately


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