So I'd be really curious to hear everyones take on this question of ethics...

Why is it wrong to kill someone?

I think we can all agree it is wrong (at least most of the time). But why, what about the act makes it wrong?

If the answer is suffering then is it right if it is done without causing suffering? Even if it is against someones will?

I have my own answer to this question but I really want to hear everyone else's.

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Suffering and unhappiness are not wrong or the measure of immorality.

They're both essential parts of the human experience. As a great man once said : life is suffering. Anyone who tells you otherwise is selling you something.

Certainly the choice to cause suffering is a different question, but I think it's also a different question than taking a person's life, which with incredibly rare exception is always wrong.

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