The Hard Question
July 4, 2026
The Hard Question
Is it ever morally acceptable for an individual to illegally take the life of another person? Let’s suppose you could go back in time and were in Germany immediately before Hitler began killing millions of Jews. If you could do it without getting caught, would you take his life to save the lives of millions of Jews?
If there is a modern-day tyrant who is not being held accountable by his own government for breaking the law (he is above the law because he controls the legal system) and is illegally causing the deaths of many innocent people, is it morally justified for vigilante justice to fill the role vacated by his government and take out the tyrant?