@PhilosophyExp Do you agree with Beccaria (On Crimes and Punishments) that an exception should be made for tyrants?
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@PhilosophyExp state still, had Mussolini been spared. That's just one examples of many.
@skepteaser a Mussolini lookalike, for example. So it has the standard problems associated with consequentialist justifications.
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@PhilosophyExp Even if regarded as an act of (civil) war akin to other situations where taking prisoners would jeopardise your own survival? -
@skepteaser The further away it gets from being a strictly judicial execution, the more I'm tempted by the utilitarian argument.
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@PhilosophyExp OK. Thanks. -
@skepteaser Do you know the story of this guy?http://bit.ly/GVWxNs It's morally much more complex than the photo suggested.
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@PhilosophyExp I recognised instantly as the subject of the famous picture, but I don't know his story. Give me a minute. -
@PhilosophyExp I would say that he's neither a villain nor a hero, just a soldier caught doing the ugliest part of his job. -
@skepteaser Yes, huge chunk of moral (bad) luck led him into a situation the vast majority of us never have to confront.
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@PhilosophyExp I need a refresher on the objections to consequentialism, and reconsider how they apply.We may fully agree after that, or not - 5 more replies
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