Moral homocide?

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Reddi2go:
When is homocide morally acceptable?
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I would say self defense when the threat is mortal and there is no other reasonable alternative than to kill the aggressor. Likewise, in a just war you could kill the enemy. That’s probably about it these days.
 
Yep, it is. Say an enemy is about to shoot your buddy, you can defend him.
 
… or even a moral duty?

For example, a police sharp-shooter who takes out a hostage-taker before he can kill a hostage. I would think that this homocide would be both morally acceptable – an act of virtue. Further… it seems that, if the sharp-shooter failed to act, he would be guilty of failing to carry out a moral duty.

Make sense?
 
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