2006-07-18 06:06:45 · 14 answers · asked by HocusPocus 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Laws exist to govern people who aren't able to govern themselves. I am not saying that every law is good nor that everyone is good. However, where there is a law, there is a place where judgment could be used by different people in very different ways. Laws revoke that freedom of thought. What I am getting at is that if one were a virtuous person, one wouldn't need laws. I believe it was Kant that said: "Act as though your actions could be made a law". Therefore the ability to act according to the law should come from within, not because there are cops around. Therefore, in murdering someone else, you're not only killing someone else (obvious), but you're giving away your personal dignity, your ability to say I act as though everything I do could be used as a law.
2006-07-18 07:36:17 · answer #1 · answered by jerryjon02 2 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Does a tree make a sound if it falls when noone is around? Is there a scientific definition of good or bad? Is life a state, or a fact? Is religion a coping device for the uncertainty of death? The answer is that there is no right or wrong, there is only what has been deemed civil and acceptable by people like you and I. So the real question is, is murder wrong? And the answer is, what is wrong? It all depends on a person's mindset.
2006-07-18 13:12:43 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Murder is defined as the "unlawful killing of another person". If you are free from adherance to any laws (you have your own island), then by your code it is not possible to murder. Beware foreign policy though...your island is probably coveted by other nations!
2006-07-18 14:34:11 · answer #3 · answered by primenumber 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Haha, that's like asking if a man says something, and a woman isn't around...is he still wrong? (just playin) according to the law, yes, and according to society, yes. But what do you think?
2006-07-18 13:14:39 · answer #4 · answered by Kat 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if there were no people around, who would there be to murder?
is this question supposed to lead to a zen-like state?
2006-07-18 13:09:33 · answer #5 · answered by Barry_2050 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes because ur taking some one Else's life and not every person deserves 2 live but still they at least needs a chances 2 life.
2006-07-18 13:19:04 · answer #6 · answered by Nelly J 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yeah, because it doesn't make it any different if you kill them or not, doesn't matter if there's a million people there or no one...you're still murdering. and i dont suggest you put this as a question because people see.....and it sounds creepy lol
2006-07-18 13:16:14 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
how are you going to murder if there are no people around
2006-07-18 19:03:07 · answer #8 · answered by cutelea 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If a tree fell in the middle of a forest would anyone hear it.
2006-07-18 13:09:59 · answer #9 · answered by priceking19 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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The zen isn't working here?
2006-07-18 13:10:20 · answer #10 · answered by jooker 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋