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Which are overshadowed by the differences. North Korea and the United States are not the same, but you already know this.
They are not overshadowed because life is not a commodity bartered according to rules of law. Once you take a life there is no restitution. Life is not a transaction: it is destiny, and it is above the law. Rules and reasons for why killing is okay are therefore all equally wrong.
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Which are overshadowed by the differences. North Korea and the United States are not the same, but you already know this.
They are not overshadowed because life is not a commodity bartered according to rules of law. Once you take a life there is no restitution. Life is not a transaction: it is destiny, and it is above the law. Rules and reasons for why killing is okay are therefore all equally wrong.
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They are not overshadowed because life is not a commodity bartered according to rules of law. Once you take a life there is no restitution. Life is not a transaction: it is destiny, and it is above the law. Rules and reasons for why killing is okay are therefore all equally wrong.
This is a religious stance and not how the world actually works, nor does it have anything to do with the previous discussion of the relative moralities and freedoms of countries. Since you think North Korea is the same as the US, there's nothing further to discuss here.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
They are not overshadowed because life is not a commodity bartered according to rules of law. Once you take a life there is no restitution. Life is not a transaction: it is destiny, and it is above the law. Rules and reasons for why killing is okay are therefore all equally wrong.
I suppose Euthanasia is wrong in your book too?