If given a situation where you had to kill someone (use deadly force) to stop him from killing you or a loved one, would you kill that person?
Nathan's answer to this is more or less the same as my own: I'd do everything I could not to kill the intruder, but if that proved not to be an option then, yes, I'd choose to save the life of the loved one. (If it were to save my own life, I'm not so sure.) The prime difference between me and the two of you is that I would lose sleep over it!
A far more interesting question, though, especially in the context of death-penalty considerations, is surely this: If the intruder had already killed the loved one and presented no immediate further danger, would you kill him?
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Date: 2011-07-10 12:13 pm (UTC)If given a situation where you had to kill someone (use deadly force) to stop him from killing you or a loved one, would you kill that person?
Nathan's answer to this is more or less the same as my own: I'd do everything I could not to kill the intruder, but if that proved not to be an option then, yes, I'd choose to save the life of the loved one. (If it were to save my own life, I'm not so sure.) The prime difference between me and the two of you is that I would lose sleep over it!
A far more interesting question, though, especially in the context of death-penalty considerations, is surely this: If the intruder had already killed the loved one and presented no immediate further danger, would you kill him?