How Long to Read Thou Shalt Not Kill? On the Justification of Killing for Liberty

How Long Does it Take to Read Thou Shalt Not Kill? On the Justification of Killing for Liberty?

It takes the average reader and 14 minutes to read Thou Shalt Not Kill? On the Justification of Killing for Liberty by Andreas Weiß

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Essay from the year 2008 in the subject Politics - Political Theory and the History of Ideas Journal, grade: 1,7, University of Birmingham (Department of Political Science and International Studies), course: The Theory and Ethics of Terrorism and Political Violence, language: English, abstract: “Thou shalt not kill” (Exodus 20: 13). The fifth commandment puts the highest maxim of pacifism into words. In pacifism this maxim is even higher in value than one’s own life. The core question is whether there can ever be a justification of the use of violence to prevent or reduce existing violence. The realities of our world ceaselessly confront mankind with the cruelty of violence – examples of reckless and random killing without ruth in Nazism, Stalinism, or southern Sudan, Liberia, Congo, Middle East and many more do not need further explanation. In facing the reality of violence and acknowledging the ethical dilemma of situations of inevitable loss of life this essay presents a deontological approach to the justification of killing for liberty whereby the act of liberation has to be aimed at a constitution of political freedom and its chosen means must not violate humanity. This conditional limitation of killing for the sack of liberty is approached within three parts. Part I deals with the deontological quality of liberty justifying violent acts of self-defence; part II deals with this liberalising use of violence by examining its limits in the fight against oppression and part III defines valid targets of killing for liberty.

How long is Thou Shalt Not Kill? On the Justification of Killing for Liberty?

Thou Shalt Not Kill? On the Justification of Killing for Liberty by Andreas Weiß is 14 pages long, and a total of 3,556 words.

This makes it 5% the length of the average book. It also has 4% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Thou Shalt Not Kill? On the Justification of Killing for Liberty Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes and 19 minutes to read Thou Shalt Not Kill? On the Justification of Killing for Liberty aloud.

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Thou Shalt Not Kill? On the Justification of Killing for Liberty is suitable for students ages 6 and up.

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