It does seem intuitively right to say that killing something already existing is worse than not creating it in the first place.
(Though, formalizing this intuition is murder. Literally.)
Though, formalizing this intuition is murder. Literally.
No, murder requires that you kill someone (there are extra moral judgements necessary but the killing is rather unambiguous.)
I read that quote as saying “if you formalize this intuition, you wind up with the definition of murder”. While not entirely true, that statement does meet the “kill” requirement.
formalizing this intuition is murder
… it is?
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It does seem intuitively right to say that killing something already existing is worse than not creating it in the first place.
(Though, formalizing this intuition is murder. Literally.)
No, murder requires that you kill someone (there are extra moral judgements necessary but the killing is rather unambiguous.)
I read that quote as saying “if you formalize this intuition, you wind up with the definition of murder”. While not entirely true, that statement does meet the “kill” requirement.
… it is?