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do you believe "murder" is "unjustified killing"

and if so

what do you think qualifies as "unjustified"

I believe what the law says about murder.
As I understand the legislation here, it defines murder as ‘a wilful and intentional killing’. I look it now up.
Quoted from the penal code:

A murderer is who

out of lust for murder, for the satisfaction of sexual desire, out of greed or otherwise low motives,
maliciously or cruelly or by means dangerous to the public or
in order to facilitate or conceal another criminal offence,
kills a person.

In order to be able to justify something as murder, I would need to have the the aspects of murder to see fulfilled. If you give me a case - like you did with the story of Nat Turner, it's what I have withdrawn from it. IF it's true what had been said.

"willful and intentional" also applies to executioners and soldiers and cases of "self-defense"

"low motives" is quite vague

"maliciously or cruelly" could easily apply to executioners and soldiers and cases of "self-defense"

  ·  6 months ago  ·   (edited)

Of course, the law is never exhaustively formulated; it can't. It has always exceptions to its rules.
Since it's cases which are under trial, the cases deliver the context.
Do you want to talk about something specific? I am not getting towards what you might aim.

if someone you dislike kills someone you like

that's "unjustified"

  ·  6 months ago  ·   (edited)

Would you put that in the wording of the law?
"A murderer is someone not liked who has unjustly killed someone who was liked by another"?

that sounds refreshingly honest

Is that a 'yes'?