Murder is the taking of innocent life. So, for example, killing someone in self-defense is not the same.
The end result of murder is taking a human life, right?
Collateral damage is taking innocent lives, isn’t it? Or is it ok if a govt says so? Wars are ok? Accidental killings, ok? taking out a suspected badguy, ok?
Sounds like the moral absolute of taking a human life is relative to the reasoning behind it.