well, Charles Whitman was punished; he was shot to death. I believe that if someone murders someone, he should be punished for the good of society and we shouldn’t try to understand them.
What if we discovered that Hitler or bin Laden had Lyme disease? Would that make them less evil?
well, Charles Whitman was punished; he was shot to death. I believe that if someone murders someone, he should be punished for the good of society and we shouldn’t try to understand them.Doesn't evil require mens rea/malice aforethought? For instance, it's not evil to kill someone in self defense. We also differentiate between manslaughter and murder.What if we discovered that Hitler or bin Laden had Lyme disease? Would that make them less evil?
The question becomes, did the killer actually know what he was doing? and what he was doing was immoral?
If a rabid dog killed someone was it evil?