Murder is basically a victimless crime, because when you murder someone, there is no one left to be a victim. Murderers should be punished only for inconveniences that murder caused to other people who are still living.
Causing extinction of humanity would be a perfect victimless crime.
An additional reason to punish defection is to disincentivize would-be defectors in the future since they know they too would be risking such punishment.
That applies to the crime of “causing someone to die”, but not the crimes of “causing someone to experience bleeding out” or “causing someone to (correctly) believe that they are about to die”. Murder is a victimless crime when it is immediate and unexpected.
I recommend a shot of morphine to someone while they are sleeping, and then slicing open the major arteries.
Murder is basically a victimless crime, because when you murder someone, there is no one left to be a victim. Murderers should be punished only for inconveniences that murder caused to other people who are still living.
Causing extinction of humanity would be a perfect victimless crime.
An additional reason to punish defection is to disincentivize would-be defectors in the future since they know they too would be risking such punishment.
That applies to the crime of “causing someone to die”, but not the crimes of “causing someone to experience bleeding out” or “causing someone to (correctly) believe that they are about to die”. Murder is a victimless crime when it is immediate and unexpected.
I recommend a shot of morphine to someone while they are sleeping, and then slicing open the major arteries.