(no subject)

[jackofallgeeks]

If Ethics is your thing (I'm thinking notably of Daniel and Nifer), I'd be facinated to know what your thoughts on These are.

Comments

[bsgnome.livejournal.com]

2. I'm drawing here a connection between the hypothetical "me" and an executioner. The executioner, who acts on the command of a just authority, obtains no responsibility for his action of execution--e.g. a man is condemned to death, the executioner need not worry about whether or not the man is guilty, because the man's blood is not technically on his hands, but those of the one in authority.

In retrospect, though, I'm not exactly sure this connection can be drawn. The question comes to whether or not the authority an opposing force has over POWs is just, and then whether this authority's jurisdiction extends to capital punishment.