Looking For: Justification for Murderous Behavior Killing, justified or not, is a global phenomenon that affects the world every day. From racial incidents, to soldiers at war, to psychopathic mindsets, death surrounds us all in the form of murderous behavior. When a life is taken, with or without cause, often a form of justification will be sought as to ensure that such people are not without humanity. It has to do with the guilt factor. But the simplicity within such events is merely that a life has been lost, at the hands of another. That is murder. For the very definition of murder is the killing of one person by another. Yet, the definition may also include the detail of unlawful. That changes everything. Suddenly, there is the basis for justification, proving whether or not one’s act of murder is unlawful. For if somehow the law presents itself in favour, a murder has not been committed for a murder is a crime and if no crime has occurred than it can not …show more content…
Humans are incredibly capable of determining and having the capacity to understand when something is wrong. Yet, when overexposed to these actions, that voice in your head, your little Jiminy Cricket, starts to dull and the overall feeling of guilt begins to numb. It still exists, but is buried as so you must not feel the guilt for your actions constantly. It is a form of survival. Your mind recognizes that your actions are not going to end soon and so allows you to exist without giving in to the ultimate guilt. These effects are often seen in soldiers of war, for under the line of duty, the consequences and guilt are not as mountainous as the amount of lives potentially saved. Or at least that is the way such mass killing is justified. In acts of war, such killing is in a belief to help their country, their people, for the good of more than those lost. This has utilitarianism at its