Why is killing people viewed almost universally as the utmost sin/crime?
It seems that most cultures have it as the ultimate prohibition, as a direct-to-hell ticket over any other kind of crime. I understand that life must be protected to keep the species, nation, whatever, but in some places it goes as far as letting your village be entirely robbed or pillaged if by that you avoid killing your enemy.
How does this prohibition, and to those levels, develop?
>inb4 edgy, sociopath, etc I don't get why crimes that (IMO) are worse, like rape or torture are always considered lower than murder, almost in every culture AFAIK.
Colton Jackson
>I understand that life must be protected to keep the species, nation, whatever this is why life must be protected? good god man
Easton Torres
Would you want to be killed? Golden rule faggot.
Julian Peterson
Then why aren't rape and torture condemned in the same way, historically?
Austin Sanchez
>basic foundation of life/existence is being alive >humans have gotten to where they are today through cooperation and higher altruism compared to a lot of other animals >murder is in direct opposition to that
Ethan Howard
>ruining a person's life/mind and making them non functional members of society is not any problem because the person is still alive
Also >humans have gotten to where they are today through cooperation and higher altruism TOP KEK
That's only partially
Jose Nelson
>but in some places it goes as far as letting your village be entirely robbed or pillaged if by that you avoid killing your enemy. litrerally where and when???
what you're talking about is cold blooded murder and it is RIGHTFULLY the worst sin one can commit, but war, self-defense is OK in almost every culture
Jose Thomas
>Why is killing people viewed almost universally as the utmost sin/crime? Jesus, what kind of autist must you be to not understand the most basic example of empathy there is?
People make bonds with others, and when those bonds are broken they feel like shit, when there isn't a single thing they can do about it, they feel even worse, and when they realize someone else is directly the cause of their loss, they completely lose their shit.
>Then why aren't rape and torture condemned in the same way, historically? They are within the same culture, they are allowed to be done to others because people of other tribes and cultures are often seen as other animals, not as equals.
Julian Brown
>Why is killing people viewed almost universally as the utmost sin/crime? Because it is a bad thing, and unlike bad things such as theft where you can just transfer property back as repayment it cannot be done. Similar reason as to why rape is seen as worse than theft. Have no fucking clue why rape is seen as just as bad/worse than murder though. Probably feminist propaganda + human instinct.
Cameron Jones
Killin' a man is a helluva thing. You're taking away all he's got, and all he's ever gonna have.
