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Originally Posted by Mr Mephisto
The taking of a life is less moral than taking a life. Agreed?
If one had a choice, between killing and not killing, then not killing is the more moral path.
However, in some circumstances, self defence, a just war, preventing an immediate threat etc, one may be able to state that killing is necessary. However, it is still immoral. Killing is always immoral. But in these circumstances it is the "lesser of two evils", because failing to act, failing to "kill" may result in much greater harm.
Neither choice is moral, but one is "less evil" (less immoral if you will), than the other.
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I assume you mean "less moral than not taking a life"?
If so, this reads like you're saying at the beginning that not taking a life is always the more moral choice. Then at the end, it seems like you're saying that sometimes it's the less moral choice, because it could "result in much greater harm". I'm not seeing how these two statements can go together.
My view: sometimes it is less moral not to take a life.