killing wicked people theme
We are made to ponder whether and to what extent the extrajudicial killing of patently wicked people can be morally sanctionable.
Examples
In tz2019e1x01 "The Comedian", we must consider, as Samir no doubt did, whether it was alright to eradicate various maleficents that he knew from his past and that Internet confirmed as bad eggs.
2 total · 1 choice · 1 major
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| writing: Orestia (458 BC) | choice | The social ethical dilemma at the heart of the story is whether a man may justly slay his own mother if she has killed his father. One argument against this was that husband and wife don't share blood whereas mother and son do; a counter argument was that a mother is merely a crucible for the father's seed and thus deserve far less loyalty from her offspring than do the father. |
| tz2019e1x01 | major | We must consider, as Samir no doubt did, whether it was alright to eradicate various maleficents. |