Not All Killings Are Equally Wrong
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AbstractMany people believe that the wrongness of killing a person does not depend on factors like her age, condition, or how much she has to lose by dying – a view Jeff McMahan calls the ‘Equal Wrongness Thesis’. This article argues that we should reject the Equal Wrongness Thesis on the basis of the moral equivalence between killing a person and knocking her unconscious.
2017 ◽
Vol 44
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pp. 83-100
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2013 ◽
Vol 10
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pp. 112-115
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