Ethics paper
Is there such a thing as a justified killing? Is all murder morally wrong? According to the bible one shall not kill, but that is a very vague statement. Its basically saying that no matter what killing is bad. Even if ones life may be threatened one shall not kill. Some would say yes it is wrong to kill someone no matter what. It is a sin to take ones life and with that should never be done. Well that is true, no one should go out and kill people for fun or anything like that. But if someone is in a position where there life is being threatened would they let that person kill them or would they fight for their life and kill that person if it came down to it? It may not be morally right and some may actually follow that right no matter what the situation, but there are also people who not hesitate to kill someone if their life was on the line. That doesn’t make that person in the wrong or any less of a person than someone who wouldn’t do it. There are different views to this question and how one would react to it. One view on this topic is that killing is wrong, there is no justified killing, and murder is just wrong, no ifs ands or buts about it. It says in the bible that thou shall not kill for it is a sin to take a life out of envy or hate. Everyone is god’s children and all should obey what he teaches. It is wrong to take ones life out of anger or even if it is to protect ones self. And one should accept the fate that lies ahead. Some would understand this view because it is wrong to take someone life no matter what the situations is. If a person has a conscience then that should tell them that murdering someone is bad. Even if someone is in a life or death situation and it is either them or the killer, that person is going to die because they believe it is just morally wrong to do that to a person. And they may not go down without a fight and would probably try and get the person that is trying to kill them to see that killing someone is wrong. But they