10-12-2022, 08:26 AM
(10-12-2022, 03:25 AM)Finspiracy Wrote:(10-11-2022, 09:18 PM)Ninurta Wrote: For example, a lion does not commit murder when it kills a human - killing is just a way of life for lions, and they do not know that what they are doing is "wrong", because it is not objectively wrong for them. It is just their nature.
For example, a human does commit a murder when it kills a human. Killing is just a way of life for humans, and they do not know what they are doing is "wrong" because it is not subjectively wrong for them. It is just the nature of most of them.
That is one of the places where "agency" enters the fray. There are several different sorts of homicide - the killing of one human by another human. The specific sort of homicide called "murder" is the UNJUSTIFIED killing of one human by another human. There are justified homicide, and accidental homicides along with murder.
That is why the commandment specifies that "thou shalt no do murder". There are occasions where homicide is justified. The prohibition is specifically against an unjustified killing. It takes agency to know the difference.
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Diogenes was eating bread and lentils for supper. He was seen by the philosopher Aristippus, who lived comfortably by flattering the king.
Said Aristippus, ‘If you would learn to be subservient to the king you would not have to live on lentils.’ Said Diogenes, ‘Learn to live on lentils and you will not have to be subservient to the king.’
Said Aristippus, ‘If you would learn to be subservient to the king you would not have to live on lentils.’ Said Diogenes, ‘Learn to live on lentils and you will not have to be subservient to the king.’