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Originally Posted by smooth
The entire world agrees that it is immoral to kill another human being...
What various peoples will disagree on is what behavior constitutes "murder."...
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People believe it is immoral to kill another human because our biological advancement over other animals has endowed us with empathy for our fellow man (and other animals to some extent).
Put up posters of Canadians clubbing baby seals to death and there is uproar. Ask someone to crush the head of a puppy under his boot and in the majority of cases you will get a very negative reaction. Present the same situation with a spider, cockroach or other vermin and there will very rarely be hesitation.
The opposition to killing is not a universal law, but biological and social conditioning that ensure the survival of the species.
Just because we understand the suffering of our victims doesn't make it inherently wrong.