Is murder a force of nature?
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The very act of killing, not likely.
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If it was not your fault, no.  If it was your fault, you would be guilty of involuntary manslaughter.  But you would not be a murderer.  As for animals, murder does not apply.  I try my best to avoid hitting an animal on the road.  I hit a squirrel a couple weeks ago, it ran right in front of my car before I could even think about doing anything.  I felt bad.
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Assuming that the guilty party's identity and responsibility have been fully determined, traditional teaching does not exclude recourse to the death penalty, if this is the only possible way of effectively defending human lives against the unjust aggressor.\n\nIf, however, non-lethal means are sufficient to defend and protect people's safety from the aggressor, authority will limit itself to such means, as these are more in keeping with the concrete conditions of the common good and are more in conformity to the dignity of the human person. \n\nToday, in fact, as a consequence of the possibilities which the state has for effectively preventing crime, by rendering one who has committed an offense incapable of doing harm - without definitely taking away from him the possibility of redeeming himself - the cases in which the execution of the offender is an absolute necessity are very rare, if not practically non-existent.
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yes. legally they get charged w murder.
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It is a partof a natural law.\n\nThe natural law or law of nature is a system of justice that exists independently of the positive law of a given political order. Its usage has varied through its history. It currently has a meaning in both moral theory and legal theory, despite the fact that the core claims of the two kinds of theory are logically independent. According to natural law ethical theory, the moral standards that govern human behavior are, in some sense, objectively derived from the nature of human beings or the cosmos in general. According to natural law legal theory, the authority of at least some legal standards necessarily derives, at least in part, from considerations having to do with the moral merit of those standards.
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Human nature is human nature.
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murders are everywhere, under the name of god or allah or christ or yahweh or war or peace. to me there is no justified crime, its all murder.
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It depends on the intent when the crime was committed. Ex. Murder one is premeditated with malicious intent.
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No, we are killing people who murdered other people as both a punishment, and as an act to say that we value life so much, that when you wrongfully take another's, yours is itself forfeit.\n\nIf you cannot distinguish between killing as punishment and the crime of murder, then, nobody can help you understand.
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Nope, murder sanctioned by the government and police always goes unpunished... unless it's to boost political support, in which case they get made into sacrifices for public approval.
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then you can go out and murder who you like and not worry .. how cool is that ?\ni dont think it is that simply though ... at least i hope not
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a natural crime is something that we just feel is wrong. for instance: having an affiar is a natural crime b/c we have a moral sense that it is the wrong thing to do. However, adultry is not a legal crime because you cannot be prosecuted for cheating on your spouse. That is the distinction between a legal and natural crime.
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Yes, it's called murder.
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Abortion is murder so the answer is yes.\n\nSolution is also simple: want no kids? have no sex! or make sure of double or even triple protection (pill, condom etc...)
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Actually, it's either yes or no.\nSerial killers may kill in one of these reasons:\nMoney,\nRevenge,\nMentalness,\nTerroism\nGetting Dared (which is very like IMPOSSIBLE)\nAccidental\nSuicidal Terroism\nSome serial killers may be the nicest, caring people in the world, but might need revenge. For example, say that you have a mean enemy, and one day killed your pets. (This is not a clear example, sorry) And you would like revenge. But, some serial killers are. In an experiment, scientists found out that 58% of the serial killers kill people because of mental illness, such as hearing voices, or hallucinations. \nI hope this helps you.
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Just because you didn't want to kill doesn't mean you're not naturally evil. Killing is not naturally evil either, it depends on circumstances. \n\nWhat if you killed a dog to put it out of it's misery who was hit by a car and had no chance to live? Is that evil?\n\nWhat if a burglar breaks into your house with a knife and you shot and kill him is that evil?\n\nNot wanting to kill someone or something doesn't make you more or less attractive. \n\nJust my 2 cents...
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Murder is a part of common law, so it has been illegal since before Parliament. There is no law that defines it, since it is defined through common law, but the Criminal Justice Act of 2003 lists it as one of several crimes.