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« Last post by PeterNSteinmetz on Today at 08:21:17 PM »This. ^^^^^ That’s my understanding too. “Thou shalt not kill” cannot be the intent, otherwise soldiers doing duty in war are committing mortal sins. Self defense would not be possible, and mercy killing would be wrong which can be debated but some would say it would be immoral not to put a person out of their misery like we do dogs. Also capital punishment would not be allowed, also debatable but legal in many states and not forbidden in any major religion except Buddhism.Ok, well that was just an example of one sort of moral framework one might start with and how one proceeds from it.
So Rush and Little Joe and UserName, what moral frameworks are you starting from and how do they lead to a conclusion in the case Rush posited - namely a domestic violence defense in a case without immediate threat justifying a killing of a repeat offender with clear ill intent?
ETA - note that what Rush says is true from the posited moral position. A pure Christian pacifist probably does think that soldiers killing in war is immoral and that a mercy killing and capital punishment are also immoral. This is how different starting moral positions will lead to different conclusions.