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Originally Posted by Dasha
Not at all. Murder is ONLY justifiable if you have absolutely no other options. A person should not resort to murder just because its an "easier" option. Even in defense, I find it hard to justify it. You can easily stop a person without killing them. Hell, even just knocking them unconscious is a better way.
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Of course it's better to knock someone unconscious than to kill them. Did I ever dispute that? But the fact that there are more morally justifiable options doesn't mean that killing is immoral, only that it is less moral. In the case of killing someone in defence, it prevents a greater harm than it causes, and on balance, therefore, is justifiable.