wedrifid comments on Morality and International Humanitarian Law - Less Wrong

2 Post author: David_J_Balan 30 November 2009 03:27AM

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Comment author: David_J_Balan 01 December 2009 03:42:56AM 0 points [-]

There are problems with a norm that says killing foreign leaders is OK, but wedrifid's point also has merit.

Comment author: wedrifid 01 December 2009 04:03:51AM * 3 points [-]

There are problems with a norm that says killing foreign leaders is OK, but wedrifid's point also has merit.

For a start, paranoid leaders kill more of their own civilians than secure ones.