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<b>Murder</b> is the act of unlawful intentional homicide. Since the law determines what homicide is lawful and what homicide is unlawful, and the laws of a nation can be either rightful or wrongful, the term 'murder' has no intrinsic ethical meaning, but only has a relative meaning. | <b>Murder</b> is the act of unlawful intentional homicide. Since the law determines what homicide is lawful and what homicide is unlawful, and the laws of a nation can be either rightful or wrongful, the term 'murder' has no intrinsic ethical meaning, but only has a relative meaning. | ||
| + | Because the word 'murder' implies that there is a significant ethical difference between government-sanctioned killing and non-government-sanctioned killing, the word 'murder' is pro-government, and thus contrary to anarchism. | ||
Murder is usually (but not always) a [[power word]] and is used to describe an act of [[killing]] in the negative way, this compares to [[termination (killing)|termination]] used as a euphemistic [[power word]] by the [[millitary]] (for example) that refers to the "desired" act of killing. | Murder is usually (but not always) a [[power word]] and is used to describe an act of [[killing]] in the negative way, this compares to [[termination (killing)|termination]] used as a euphemistic [[power word]] by the [[millitary]] (for example) that refers to the "desired" act of killing. | ||
Revision as of 17:47, 2 October 2010
Murder is the act of unlawful intentional homicide. Since the law determines what homicide is lawful and what homicide is unlawful, and the laws of a nation can be either rightful or wrongful, the term 'murder' has no intrinsic ethical meaning, but only has a relative meaning. Because the word 'murder' implies that there is a significant ethical difference between government-sanctioned killing and non-government-sanctioned killing, the word 'murder' is pro-government, and thus contrary to anarchism.
Murder is usually (but not always) a power word and is used to describe an act of killing in the negative way, this compares to termination used as a euphemistic power word by the millitary (for example) that refers to the "desired" act of killing.
