If im being attacked, and someone is punching at my face, I am fearing for my life. His morals already went out the door. First, id raise the gun and tell him to back down before I shot him. But if hes on top of me and im struggling to get to my gun, im going to shoot him when I finally get it so I can get him off of me.
What is this nonsense?
Non-white people can't commit racist hate crimes.
I don't agree. Where I live, as long as he is shot from the front, its ok. So if he was still facing me after he sucker punched me, I would end his life. Im ok that we have a different moral system. I was also taught to shoot to kill, that way there is only my side of the story.
I know you don't agree. And I'm saying you're wrong. If you killed him after he was walking away, and he turned around to see if you were following him, that would be immoral. There is no further threat to your body. He has incurred a debt to society via his assault and the risk displayed for future assaults, but it's not a debt worth his life.
Im not "wrong". I know you don't think so, but morals are subjective to a point. If I still truly thought he was a threat to my well being, im going to end his life. IF he sucker punched me, knocked me out, and I woke up to him staring at me, im going to kill him. To me, that debt is worth his life. I wouldn't think twice about it.
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lol exactly.
You are operating from the assumption that ellieg thinks blacks, especially blacks from high crime, impoverished areas, are actually even human, or better yet, you are coming from a perspective that doesn't have delusional beliefs that blacks are inherently more violent, so remember that when you are speaking with him regarding this.
Your disagreement is not evidence of subjectivity. If you think someone is a threat to your wellbeing, you are not always justified in whatever action you take. For example; if it was a friend who was staring at you when you woke up, and you freaked out and killed him because you felt threatened, that would not be a moral decision. Whether or not you would be able to be held morally accountable for that is another question, and perhaps that's where some of the confusion is appearing.
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Again, disagreement is not evidence of subjectivity. It's simply evidence of people being wrong.