If, as some allege, Nazi lives don't matter, then in 1932 it would have been permissible to exterminate the 13 million people who voted for Hitler. Their lives had no moral significance. But surely that can't be true, and any politics that states otherwise should be rejected.
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Killing in the course of military hostilities, even if excessive, is not what most people would call “extermination”. For that, it would have to include deliberate killing of those who surrendered, are captured, or are fleeing from the war zone.
Right, thereby showing that Nazi lives do matter. They have moral worth. I don't know what you're trying to argue, or how it's a point against my thought experiment.
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I am arguing that your thought experiment involves shifting definitions. Sure, exterminating millions of Nazi voters is obviously unacceptable, but that doesn’t prove anything about the moral value of violence against Nazi leaders and activists.
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But my tweet has nothing to do with the moral value of violence against Nazis. It's absolutely silent about it. Rather, it shows the fact we don't think extermination is justified means Nazi lives are not without worth. And it does that perfectly. You've been arguing the point!
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