Ethical Question: Under what conditions would you kill someone?

[Lateralus]

I would kill in self defence

I would kill in revenge, if someone hurt my children, raped, or killed them, I would plan and execute that plan (be the first plan I do follow through with knowing me), and kill them if possible, if the police don't get to them first.

Someone once tried to tell me that to do so is bringing me down to their level, I totally disagree. After all their "level" is that of a child raping, murdering evil person, my "Level" is that of a one off killing to someone who deserves it which my children never did. In which way is that equal?

I'm with you, here.

[cafe]

I would kill in self defence

I would kill in revenge, if someone hurt my children, raped, or killed them, I would plan and execute that plan (be the first plan I do follow through with knowing me), and kill them if possible, if the police don't get to them first.

Someone once tried to tell me that to do so is bringing me down to their level, I totally disagree. After all their "level" is that of a child raping, murdering evil person, my "Level" is that of a one off killing to someone who deserves it which my children never did. In which way is that equal?

Yeah, any creature that screws around with the well-being of the slow-developing young of a predatory social mammal is just slapping a big old "KILL ME" sign on themselves, IMO. I mean, what do they think is going to happen?

[runvardh]

Yeah, any creature that screws around with the well-being of the slow-developing young of a predatory social mammal is just slapping a big old "KILL ME" sign on themselves, IMO. I mean, what do they think is going to happen?

Screw social, any mamalian female that precieves danger to her offspring is not something you want to deal with.

[niffer]

I would kill in revenge, if someone hurt my children, raped, or killed them, I would plan and execute that plan (be the first plan I do follow through with knowing me), and kill them if possible, if the police don't get to them first.

I don't think I would do that if I were that situation..actually plan it out and everything...I suppose if I had a weapon and they were within proximity I would release my rage on them as a form of revenge...

...then again I'm not a mom..

[Athenian200]

I personally wouldn't kill someone for no reason. I might attempt to kill someone if I felt threatened, or I was very enraged and reached a point where inflicting pain on them was more valuable to me than my own life.